Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings ...

Achalasia is a syndrome of esophageal dysmotility characterized by failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and lack of functional peristalsis in the body. All current forms of ...

The extension of the myotomy onto the gastric wall (clearly the most critical and challenging part of the operation) proved difficult because of poor exposure, with the consequent risk of a short ...

Product launch to take place this month at the American College of Gastroenterology 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego GALWAY, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crospon has today announced that it ...

In this disease esophagus muscles do not squeeze and the sphincter muscle does not open, so food cannot pass through valve top on stomach. Achalasia is a disease where the function of the esophagus ...

It’s the first balloon designed specifically for transnasal esophageal procedures and is a modification of Cook’s Hercules three-stage balloon, the release said. That balloon was designed for ...

Preoperative evaluation is essentially the same as that for laparoscopic Heller myotomy. The patient is placed under general anesthesia and intubated with a double-lumen endotracheal tube so that the ...