THE TREATMENT OF ACHALASIA OF CARDIA WITH ENDOSCOPIC INJECTION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN A: AN ANALYSIS OF 165 CASES
- VernacularTitle:内镜下注射A型肉毒毒素治疗贲门失弛缓165例分析
- Author:
Qingsen LIU
;
Fengchun CAI
;
Rongbin GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
achalasia;
endoscopy;
therapy, botulinum toxin
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
From November 1997 to August 2002, a total of 165 achalasia patients were treated with endoscopic injection of botulinum toxin A into the gastric cardia. The results showed that the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure (41.76?22.00 vs 19.14?11.40 mmHg) and LES relax pressure (14.74?9.41 vs 8.51?7.85mmHg) were decreased significantly (both P
