Surgical Experience of Diffuse Esophageal Spasm: A report of 2 cases / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 427-431, 1998.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-155289
ABSTRACT
Diffuse esophageal spasm (DES) is a rare disease seen in 4% of all patients studied in an esophageal motility laboratory, and its diagnosis and surgical management is still controversial. Recently, we treated two patients by extended esophageal myotomy for diffuse esophageal spasm which was diagnosed by the clinical symptoms of patients, esophagoscopy, esophagography, and esophageal manometry. The successful result of treatments was proved with subsidence of previous clinical symptoms (dysphagia and chest pain), postoperative esophagography and esophageal manometry. We present the results together with the review of literatures.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Thorax
/
Esophageal Motility Disorders
/
Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse
/
Esophagoscopy
/
Rare Diseases
/
Diagnosis
/
Manometry
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS