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Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System | ISSN: 2161-069X | Volume: 8
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October 29-30, 2018 | San Francisco, USA
International Conference on
Gastrointestinal Cancer and Therapeutics
4th World Congress on
Digestive & Metabolic Diseases
26th Annual Congress on
Cancer Science and Targeted Therapies
Achalasia: A case report and review of clinical diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes
Edwin V Berenguer
Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation, Philippines
A58 years old man was admitted with the complaints of prolonged dysphagia and regurgitation of food and saliva. The
patient had some weight loss but no anorexia. Barium swallow esophagus showed marked dilatation of the esophagus with
regular tapering of its lower end. The patient was diagnosed as achalasia and advice for esophago-cardiomyotomy operation.
Literature was reviewed to compare currently available therapies for achalasia and it is recommended that the patient should
undergo laparoscopic myotomy and partial fundoplication (to prevent free reflux of gastric acid into the esophagus) for better
remission. Other treatment modalities such as Botulinum toxin injection and pneumatic dilation can offer dysphagia control,
but they are temporary and reversible measures. The objective of this case report is to review the currently available treatment
modalities for the management of achalasia.
Biography
Edwin Villas Berenguer is a graduate of the University of San Carlos in Cebu City with a Bachelor degree in Pharmacology and a licensed pharmacist on the year
2002. He pursued his doctoral studies in Doña Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation in Tacloban City and graduated on 2008. He had his Internship
to the hospital owned by the latter school in the year 2009. He took and passed the Physicians licensure examination on the following year. He practiced at Bethany
Hospital Tacloban city, Don Emilio del Valle Memorial Hospital Ubay Bohol, Garcia Memorial Hospital Talibon Bohol, Southern Philippines Medical Center Davao
City, and Eversley Child Sanitarium and General Hospital Cebu City. Currently, he is serving as a resident physician under internal medicine at Cebu City Medical
Center.
Edwin V Berenguer, J Gastrointest Dig Syst 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-069X-C8-086