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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- In a groundbreaking achievement, renowned Kashmiri Gastroenterologist Dr Hameed Raina has successfully performed his 50th Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)-a ...

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 ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In looking at esophageal myotomies from 2012 to 2016, Zihni and colleagues identified 261 patients who were ...

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 ...

Pune: In a world-first veterinary breakthrough, Pune’s The Small Animal Clinic has successfully performed the first-ever Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) procedure on a canine patient. Maggie, the ...

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 life. New Release: Farm ...