Minimally invasive surgery offers smaller incisions ... The thoracic surgeons at Baylor Medicine are experts in all types of achalasia treatment, including endoscopic therapies such as balloon ...

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In roughly a month, because of a rare digestive disease called achalasia, a 10-year-old Anthony had gone from 107 pounds to around 75. He'd lost so much weight that Kristen could see the outline ...

Achalasia, a chronic oesophageal motility disorder, is defined by impaired lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation and absent peristalsis, leading to symptoms such as dysphagia and regurgitation.

Because of these drawbacks, left thoracoscopic myotomy is now largely reserved for patients with achalasia who have undergone multiple abdominal operations (which may rule out a laparoscopic ...

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The disease is Type 1 Achalasia; which blocks the esophagus and makes eating a difficult and painful experience.  It is so ...