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Patients with achalasia usually present with occasional to persistent dysphagia, regurgitation, retrosternal pain and/or heartburn. The major clinical problem is intermittent obstruction of the esophageal transit of food and/or fluids. The underlying disorder consists of incomplete relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter during swallowing, increased resting tone of the sphincter, and aperistalsis of the esophageal body
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Fuchs, KH., Breithaupt, W., Varga, G., von Renteln, D. (2012). Transoral Esophageal Myotomy for Achalasia. In: Bonavina, L. (eds) Innovation in Esophageal Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2469-4_4
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