Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2003 Jul;19(4):379-86. doi: 10.1097/00001574-200307000-00010.
Current opinion in gastroenterology
Chandra Prakash, Ray E Clouse
PMID: 15703581 DOI: 10.1097/00001574-200307000-00010
Motor dysfunction is an important cause of oropharyngeal dysphagia and distal esophageal symptoms. Minimally invasive surgical methods of managing Zenker diverticula and achalasia, important disorders associated with these presentations, continue to take center stage in the literature. Detection and characterization of hypomotility before antireflux surgery may be less important than systematically excluding achalasia, as the vague and variable presentations of this motor disorder become appreciated. The many processes that can mimic idiopathic achalasia continue to be exposed.
