The POEM procedure is performed to treat the swallowing disorder known as achalasia. Achalasia is a disorder of motility in the esophagus in which the esophagus has lost its normal ability to move ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A very simple act that we do day in and day out to stay alive was literally choking one Northeast Philadelphia woman. But she says a procedure done at Temple Health changed her ...

When swallowing becomes a struggle, it could signal a rare condition called achalasia cardia, where the food pipe fails to ...

Sven Hida, MD, a gastroenterologist who recently joined Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, performed the hospital’s first peroralendoscopic myotomy procedure, according to HealthCanal. 1. The ...

COOPERSBURG, PA. (WPVI) -- Most of us look forward to meals. Every year, thousands of people develop an unusual condition that can take the joy out of eating. For 30 years, Jack Svoboda had problems ...

Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy, an endoscopic procedure used to treat achalasia, is also an effective therapy for a variety of esophageal motility disorders, according to research published in Surgical ...

LEXINGTON -- Since about 2010, Brian Rice has had a difficult time keeping food down. He mostly ignored it, and would just re-swallow again and again to get food and liquid down his throat. But in ...

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is one of five institutions nationwide performing a novel scarless procedure that restores swallowing function in some patients with achalasia ...

Don Ellison has been a welder for more than 30 years and he's loved every minute of his job. "To me, it's like money for nothing. I mean, I enjoy this," Ellison said. But a few years ago, work became ...

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Sponsored FOY G-POEM Procedure Helps Patients Eat Foods They Love Sunil Amin, M.D., a gastroenterologist at UHealth, the University of Miami Health System, explains what gastroparesis is and how a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Digestive physician has successfully completed the first Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure in Savannah, Ga. Daniel K. Mullady, MD, a ...