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Esophageal emptying in achalasia quantitated by a radioisotope technique
- Source :
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 24:945-949
- Publication Year :
- 1979
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1979.
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Abstract
- Delayed esophageal emptying of a radiolabeled meal distinguished symptomatic achalasia patients from asymptomatic controls. Esophageal emptying of the isotope meal significantly improved in ten achalasia patients after pneumatic dilation, and in one patient after surgical myotomy. The emptying curve in some patients after treatment simulated that of control subjects. Quantitation of esophageal emptying by a radiolabeled meal is a physiologic test that may be useful in evaluating results of therapy for achalasia.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Myotomy
medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology
medicine.medical_treatment
Achalasia
digestive system
Gastroenterology
Asymptomatic
Eating
Esophagus
Internal medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Humans
Aged
Physiologic Test
Pneumatic dilation
business.industry
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Technetium
Middle Aged
Hepatology
Control subjects
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Esophageal Achalasia
Isotope Labeling
Female
medicine.symptom
business
After treatment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732568 and 01632116
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....928e9794530ecef5e6e064a2e6fa9d93
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01311951