title: [The treatment of esophageal achalasia in children by endoscopic pneumatic dilatation. A report on 4 cases].
abstract: Four patients underwent pneumatic endoscopic dilatation of achalasia at the La Fe Children's Hospital have been studied. Endoscopic pneumatic dilatation has been performed in only one session with four dilatation maneuvers. In the absence of complications, the patients were only hospitalized for twenty-four hours. The effectiveness of endoscopic pneumatic dilatation and the safety of this method, its ease of application and possibility of repetition make it a useful method in the treatment of achalasia in children.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil La Fe, Valencia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Sala Viguer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marco Macián
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roca Molla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruiz Company
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D020701:Esophagoscopes; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry
vernacular_title: Tratamiento de la acalasia esofágica en niños mediante dilatación neumática endoscópica. A propósito de cuatro casos.