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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Esophagomyotomy
  • Heller Cardiomyotomy
  • Fiberoptic Esophagoscopy and Balloon Dilatation

Treatments Overview Articles

Achalasia
Injection with botulinum toxin (Botox). This may help relax the sphincter muscles, but any benefit wears off within a matter of weeks or months. Medications, such as long-acting nitrates or calcium channel blockers, which can be used to lower the ...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 20, 2008
Achalasia
The first-line treatment for achalasia is balloon dilation. In this procedure, an inflatable membrane or balloon is passed down the esophagus to the sphincter and inflated to force the sphincter open. Dilation is effective in about 70% of patients...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
 
 
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