Novas técnicas ambulatoriais para avaliação da motilidade esofágica e sua aplicação no estudo do megaesôfago

• Published in: Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 199 - 202
• Main Authors: Herbella, Fernando A. M., Del Grande, Jose Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 01.06.2008
• Subjects: Achalasia; Esophageal motility disorders; Impedance; Manometry

Brazilian surgeons deal routinely with esophageal motility disorders, because achalasia is highly prevalent in Brazil due to Chagas' disease. In the last years new technologies for the evaluation of esophageal motility became available. High resolution manometry and the combination of barometri...