Tag: Pneumatic dilation

Top tips for pneumatic dilation of the lower esophageal sphincter (with video)

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Post written by David L. Diehl, MD, FASGE, AGAF, FACP, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA. Although pneumatic dilation (PD) of the lower esophageal sphincter has had a long—and successful—history of use in the management of achalasia and related disorders, the advent of peroral endoscopic …

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Expanding the role of pneumatic dilation for nonachalasia patients: a comparative study

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Post written by Nikita Desai, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The focus of our study was to evaluate the treatment efficacy of pneumatic dilation (PD) for the disorders of esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) and postfundoplication esophagogastric junction obstruction (PF-EGJO) and to assess attitudes about training in …

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Overtube-assisted pneumatic dilation for achalasia in megaesophagus

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Post written by Shashideep Singhal from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. A 63-year-old man with a long-standing history of achalasia presented for pneumatic dilation. Several technical problems were associated with pneumatic balloo dilation in this case, which had resulted in failure of an earlier attempt. Because of a tortuous megaesophagus with …

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