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Diagnosis and Medical Management of Other Esophageal Motility Disorders

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The esophagus moves food and liquid from the oropharynx to the stomach. Efficient transport by the esophageal contents requires coordinated contractions that moves contents out of the esophagus and keeps gastric contents from excessively refluxing into the esophagus. Disruption of these esophageal peristalitc contractions limits movement of esophageal contents and may cause sensations of dysphagia and chest pain. Esophageal motility disorders are categorized according to their abnormal manometric patterns. Common causes of esophageal motility disorders excluding achalasia in this chapter.

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Zakari, M., Hirsch, W., Lembo, A. (2019). Diagnosis and Medical Management of Other Esophageal Motility Disorders. In: Grams, J., Perry, K., Tavakkoli, A. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Foregut Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96122-4_41

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