Achalasia in a six-month pregnant patient

Achalasia occurring in a 25-year old, six-month pregnant patient who underwent a rough but successful course after a modified Hellers esophagomyotomy was described. The different aspects of the therapeutic problem including the pros and cons of surgery, radiation risk during dignostic fluoroscopy, anesthetic and surgical tolerance, and the uterine effects of postsurgical routines imposed on a post thoracotomy pregnant patient were discussed. The initial two-month follow-up was satisfactory.(Summary)