title: [Achalasia in children: Diagnostic opportunities and therapeutical options].
abstract: Achalasia is a functional disorder of the distal esophagus, which fails to relax during swallowing. Although being rare, this disorder is the source of a significant morbidity, including developmental disorders in children. Several therapeutical options are available: myorelaxants administration, esophageal dilations and surgery--distal esophageal myomectomy followed by an antireflux procedure. The paper introduces our experience in treating a number of 5 children between 1991 and 1998.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină Iaşi Spitalul de Copii Sf. Maria, Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aprodu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Goţia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gavrilescu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Apostol
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nedelcu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burlea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrieş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies