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  • Thumbnail for Esophageal achalasia
    brought by esophageal dilatation and surgical cleaving of the muscle (Heller myotomy or POEM). The most common form is primary achalasia, which has no known...
    38 KB (4,264 words) - 05:58, 31 August 2024
  • The per-oral endoscopic myotomy, or POEM, is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of achalasia wherein the inner circular muscle...
    9 KB (1,079 words) - 10:03, 7 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Michel Kahaleh
    Kristen; Sharaiha, Reem Z.; Fukami, Norio; Minami, Hitomi; Casas, Fernando; Gaidhane, Monica (September 2014). "Peroral endoscopic myotomy: establishing a new...
    20 KB (1,953 words) - 11:18, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pyloric stenosis
    days after surgery as the gastrointestinal tract settles. Rarely, the myotomy procedure performed is incomplete and projectile vomiting continues, requiring...
    21 KB (2,218 words) - 15:34, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of surgical procedures
    Cholecystostomy · Hepatoportoenterostomy · Sigmoidostomy Uvulotomy · Myotomy (Heller myotomy · Pyloromyotomy) · Anal sphincterotomy · Lateral internal sphincterotomy...
    13 KB (641 words) - 13:58, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Graves' ophthalmopathy
    patient's appearance and the ocular surface exposure symptoms. Marginal myotomy of levator palpebrae muscle can reduce the palpebral fissure height by...
    29 KB (2,836 words) - 04:03, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Paracentesis
    within the peritoneal cavity. The z-tracking technique has held particular importance in performing paracentesis. A z-track is a technique that allows...
    12 KB (1,369 words) - 16:32, 5 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nutcracker esophagus
    performed. A Heller myotomy involves an incision to disrupt the LES and the myenteric plexus that innervates it. The Heller myotomy is used as a final...
    17 KB (1,793 words) - 21:46, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Liver transplantation
    1016/j.lts.2003.09.018. PMID 14625822. S2CID 22244161. Eghtesad B, Kadry Z, Fung J (2005). "Technical considerations in liver transplantation: what a...
    61 KB (6,834 words) - 21:54, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Colonoscopy
    February 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Zhang K, Yuan Q, Zhu S, Xu D, An Z (April 2018). "Is Unsedated Colonoscopy Gaining Ground Over Sedated Colonoscopy...
    57 KB (5,878 words) - 21:27, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sleeve gastrectomy
    Retrieved April 26, 2024. Syn, Nicholas L; Cummings, David E; Wang, Louis Z; Lin, Daryl J; Zhao, Joseph J; Loh, Marie; Koh, Zong Jie; Chew, Claire Alexandra;...
    17 KB (1,631 words) - 19:01, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gastric bypass surgery
    reduce the feeling of hunger Syn, Nicholas L.; Cummings, David E.; Wang, Louis Z.; Lin, Daryl J.; Zhao, Joseph J.; Loh, Marie; Koh, Zong Jie; Chew, Claire...
    73 KB (9,045 words) - 04:18, 19 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Esophagus
    Normally, the cardia of the stomach is immediately distal to the z-line and the z-line coincides with the upper limit of the gastric folds of the cardia;...
    46 KB (5,415 words) - 05:19, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robot-assisted surgery
    fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux and Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia. Robot-assisted pancreatectomies have been...
    71 KB (7,833 words) - 14:29, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sleep apnea
    tubercle of the mandible, tongue suspension, or hyoid suspension (aka hyoid myotomy and suspension or hyoid advancement) may help with the lower pharynx. Other...
    89 KB (9,430 words) - 01:30, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Skeletal muscle
    Musculoskeletal injury Muscle relaxant Microtrauma Muscle memory Myomere Myotomy Preflexes Birbrair, Alexander; Zhang, Tan; Wang, Zhong-Min; Messi, Maria...
    120 KB (13,834 words) - 22:03, 24 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Achalasia microcephaly
    for achalasia involves drugs and surgical intervention, such as heller myotomy, with the goal of relieving LES pressure and its symptoms. Management of...
    23 KB (2,709 words) - 22:04, 30 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Surgery
    Procedures that involve cutting the muscular layers of an organ end in -myotomy. A pyloromyotomy refers to cutting the muscular layers of the gastric pylorus...
    101 KB (11,806 words) - 07:17, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laparoscopy
    doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e318269a46b. PMID 23108128. S2CID 5286895. Ma Y, Yang Z, Qin H, Wang Y (December 2011). "A meta-analysis of laparoscopy compared with...
    48 KB (5,860 words) - 06:02, 19 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Adjustable gastric band
    Retrieved 16 January 2017. Syn, Nicholas L.; Cummings, David E.; Wang, Louis Z.; Lin, Daryl J.; Zhao, Joseph J.; Loh, Marie; Koh, Zong Jie; Chew, Claire...
    49 KB (6,237 words) - 11:36, 14 August 2024
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