In a remarkable medical achievement, an 86-year-old man presented to Manipal Hospital Vijayawada with a long-standing history ...

Elise Baynard, a 25-year-old from Dover, lives with achalasia, a rare swallowing disorder. Her journey highlights the ...

Some patients require frequent esophageal dilation for the treatment of their stricture disease; intralesional injection of corticosteroids might also be helpful. 10 Treatment of patients with ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic (long-term) condition affecting the esophagus, ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A cutting-edge procedure at a Little Rock hospital ... acid to digest food and when it refluxes back into the esophagus, it can damage the lining of the esophagus, and ...

Hoi-Hung Chan; Kwok-Hung Lai; Chiun-Ku Lin; Wei-Lun Tsai; E-Ming Wang; Ping-I Hsu; Wen-Chi Chen; Hsien-Chung Yu; Huay-Min Wang; Feng-Woei Tsay; Cheng-chung Tsai; I-Shu Chen; Yu-chia Chen; Huei ...

Eventually, the scarring narrows the esophagus. Besides GERD, there are other causes of esophageal narrowing, such as: The main treatment for esophageal stricture is dilation. In this procedure, the ...

This article discusses esophageal dilation, why it is done, and what you can expect when undergoing this procedure. Over time, different health problems can cause strictures to form in the esophagus, ...

Are you going in for a dilation and curettage and not sure what to expect? There are many reasons why you might need to have this surgical procedure. It can be daunting and even worrying as you try to ...

with surgeries for endoscopic esophageal dilation procedures on Tuesdays. Mali Hospital does not have a dedicated digestive endoscopist, so the daily endoscopic work is carried out by Li Ting in ...