WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: 1  Esophageal dilatation is a procedure to widen the part of your esophagus that is too narrow. The esophagus is the soft tube that carries food and liquids from your throat to your stomach. 2  An endoscopy exam of the esophagus and stomach (EGD) may be done before or during the dilatation procedure.
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SEEK CARE IMMEDIATELY IF: 1  You are vomiting up blood. 2  You are not able to swallow any food. 3  You have a chest pain, fast heartbeat, or trouble breathing all of a sudden. 4  Your abdomen (stomach) suddenly becomes tender and hard.
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All cost analysis studies support the superiority of pneumatic dilation over other treatments [39, 40], but because of the advances in both balloon dilation and laparoscopic myotomy, patients who have access to both methods can now choose between these two equally efficacious treatment options [8, 9, 10, 41].
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For many years different treatments have been used for achalasia. However, esophagomyotomy (ESM) and pneumatic balloon dilation (PBD) have been considered the treatments of choice. Despite new research, some controversies still exist.
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Pneumatic dilation is often the first line of nonsurgical treatment offered to patients with achalasia, with a success rate ranging from 70% to 90% with 0–7% risk of perforation [15, 16, 17, 18, 19]. Recently, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic techniques have been used to perform the myotomy [20, 21, 22, 23].
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For many years pneumatic balloon dilation (PBD) of the LES has been a popular form of treatment for achalasia [24, 25]. The efficacy of pneumatic dilation as reported by Eckardt et al. [15] is 59% for remission for one year after a single dilation using the Brown-McHardy balloon in 54 consecutive patients with achalasia [15].
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Esophageal dilatation is a procedure to widen the part of your esophagus that is too narrow. The esophagus is the soft tube that carries food and liquids from your throat to your stomach. Any injury or change in the esophagus tissue may cause it to have swelling and damage.
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Pneumatic Dilation. Pneumatic dilation is an endoscopic therapy for achalasia. An air-filled cylinder-shaped balloon disrupts the muscle fibers of the lower esophageal sphincter, which is too tight in patients with achalasia. How is pneumatic dilation performed? During an outpatient upper endoscopy, the endoscopist passes a catheter with a deflated balloon through the mouth and into the stomach. The balloon is centered over the lower esophageal sphincter and inflated with air.
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The optimal treatment of achalasia includes several options and presents a challenge for most gastroenterologists. It can be treated by botulinum toxin injection, pneumatic dilation, or esophagomyotomy, but the most effective treatment options are graded pneumatic dilation and surgical myotomy [5, 7].
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CONTACT A CAREGIVER IF: 1  You get a fever. 2  You have a feeling of being too full or bloated. 3  You have more problems swallowing food. 4  You have nausea (upset stomach) or vomiting (throwing up). 5  You have questions or concerns about your recovery, medicine, or care.
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pneumatic dilation
Pneumatic dilation is an endoscopic therapy for achalasia.