Esophageal Sphincter, Lower
"Esophageal Sphincter, Lower" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The physiologic or functional barrier to GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX at the esophagogastric junction. Sphincteric muscles remain tonically contracted during the resting state and form the high-pressure zone separating the lumen of the ESOPHAGUS from that of the STOMACH. (Haubrich et al, Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed., pp399, 415)
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D049630
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.570.210 A03.556.875.500.414.350 A03.556.875.875.330.350
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal Sphincter, Lower" by people in Profiles.
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Laparoscopic magnetic sphincter augmentation versus fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease: systematic review and pooled analysis. Dis Esophagus. 2019 Nov 13; 32(9).
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Management of achalasia in 2019. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2019 07; 35(4):356-362.
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Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia post-sleeve gastrectomy: cardiopexy with ligamentum teres. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2017 12; 13(12):2032-2036.
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy as salvation technique post-Heller: International experience. Dig Endosc. 2018 Jan; 30(1):52-56.
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy versus surgical myotomy for primary achalasia: single-center, retrospective analysis of 74 patients. Dis Esophagus. 2017 Aug 01; 30(8):1-7.
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Will Reflux Kill POEM? Endoscopy. 2017 07; 49(7):625-628.
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Is Heller myotomy better than balloon dilation? A meta-analysis. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. 2017 Jun; 26(2):121-127.
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Gastroesophageal reflux after peroral endoscopic myotomy: a multicenter case-control study. Endoscopy. 2017 Jul; 49(7):634-642.
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An international multicenter study evaluating the clinical efficacy and safety of per-oral endoscopic myotomy in octogenarians. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Apr; 87(4):956-961.
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy for treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome-associated achalasia: A rare case. World J Gastroenterol. 2017 Feb 07; 23(5):926-930.