 Esophageal Achalasia
"Esophageal Achalasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A motility disorder of the ESOPHAGUS in which the LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER (near the CARDIA) fails to relax resulting in functional obstruction of the esophagus, and DYSPHAGIA. Achalasia is characterized by a grossly contorted and dilated esophagus (megaesophagus).
| Descriptor ID |
D004931
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.117.119.500.432
|
| Concept/Terms |
Esophageal Achalasia- Esophageal Achalasia
- Achalasias, Esophageal
- Esophageal Achalasias
- Cardiospasm
- Cardiospasms
- Achalasia
- Achalasias
- Achalasia, Esophageal
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Esophageal Achalasia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Esophageal Achalasia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Esophageal Achalasia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Esophageal Achalasia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal Achalasia" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
-
Macke EL, Morales-Rosado JA, Macklin-Mantia SK, Schmitz CT, Oskarsson B, Klee EW, Wierenga KJ. Functional validation of a novel AAAS variant in an atypical presentation of Allgrove syndrome. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2022 07; 10(7):e1966.
-
Bomman S, Klair JS, Ashat M, El Abiad R, Gerke H, Keech J, Parekh K, Nau P, Hanada Y, Wong Kee Song LM, Kozarek R, Irani S, Low D, Ross A, Krishnamoorthi R. Outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy in patients with achalasia and prior bariatric surgery: A multicenter experience. Dis Esophagus. 2021 Dec 24; 34(12).
-
Benias PC, Korrapati P, Raphael KL, D'Souza LS, Inamdar S, Trindade AJ, Lee C, Kumbhari V, Sejpal DV, Okolo P, Khashab MA, Miller L, Carr-Locke D. Safety and feasibility of performing peroral endoscopic myotomy as an outpatient procedure with same-day discharge. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 10; 90(4):570-578.
-
Vandewalle RJ, Frye CC, Landman MP, Croffie JM, Rescorla FJ. Clinical factors and high-resolution manometry predicting response to surgery for achalasia in children. J Surg Res. 2018 09; 229:345-350.
-
Dickinson KJ, Taswell JB, Allen MS, Blackmon SH, Nichols FC, Shen R, Wigle DA, Cassivi SD. Factors influencing length of stay after surgery for benign foregut disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jul; 50(1):124-9.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|