An esophageal stricture is a gradual narrowing of the esophagus, which can lead to swallowing difficulties. Healthcare providers diagnose it in about 10 percent of people with gastroesophageal ...

This narrowing of the esophagus is known as esophageal stricture, and it can make it tough to swallow. This difficulty passing foods and liquids into the stomach can also lead to breathing ...

Esophageal strictures, when scar tissue from acid reflux, infections or surgery causes narrowing. Neurological conditions, including Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic ...

Development and validation of machine learning model for mortality after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer. The impact of nutritional status on recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with ...

HealthDay News — In a clinical guideline issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are ...

or the effect of a natural healing process in a narrow esophagus. Johansson et al. conclude that prophylactic use of PPIs reduces the formation of benign anastomotic strictures, as does the use of ...

Urethral strictures refer to the narrowing of the urethra, which is the tube that carries urine out of the body. This condition is typically caused by scarring, which can block or narrow the urethra, ...

GERD is short for gastroesophageal reflux disease. It is a chronic disease where the contents of the stomach, particularly acid, reflux into the esophagus. The acid, through various mechanisms, ...

Omalizumab is not suggested for EoE treatment. For esophageal strictures causing dysphagia, endoscopic dilation is suggested as an adjunct to medical therapy. “For all treatments, cost and ...