Achalasi.docVIP

Achalasia Synonyms and related keywords: esophageal motor disorder, cardiospasm, primary achalasia, secondary achalasia, LES relaxation, lower esophageal sphincter relaxation, failure of LES relaxation, dysphagia, pseudoachalasia, esophageal distention, bird beak deformity, atonic esophagus, primary achalasia, secondary achalasia Author: Michael AJ Sawyer, MD, Director, Videoendoscopic Surgical Institute of Oklahoma, Consulting Staff, Department of Surgery, Comanche County Memorial Hospital; Consulting Staff, Great Plains Surgical Clinic, Lawton, Oklahoma Coauthor(s): Elizabeth M Sawyer, MD, MAJ, MC, Consulting Surgeon, Chief, Department of Specialty Care, Reynolds Army Community Hospital, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Tarak H Patel, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Reynolds Army Medical Center, Fort Sill; Thomas F Murphy, MD, Chief of Abdominal Imaging Section, Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center; Manish K Varma, MD, Chief of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Tripler Army Medical Center; Anthony W Allen, MD, Teaching Chief, Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center Michael AJ Sawyer, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, and Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Editor(s): Pamela J DiPiro, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Clinical Director of CT, Department of Radiology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand; David Andrew Nicholson, BM, BS, FRCR, Honorary Lecturer, Department of Radiology, University of Manchester; Consultant Gastrointestinal Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Hope Hospital, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Trust; Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Departmen