Review of current diagnosis and management of diffuse esophageal spasm, nutcracker esophagus/spastic nutcracker and hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 543-547

  Burmeister, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Shakespeare Motility Unit   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

diffuse esophageal spasm; hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter; nutcracker esophagus; spastic nutcracker jackhammer esophagus

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DILTIAZEM; IMIPRAMINE; NITRATE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROSCOPY; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; THORAX PAIN; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84888131814     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000002     Document Type: Review

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