USMLE MCQ: What is the treatment for Achalasia?
USMLE MCQ: What is the treatment for Achalasia? . . . . . ANSWER: Achalasia – decreased ganglion cells in Auerbach’s plexus – absence of peristalsis and esophageal dilation – Bird’s beak on Barium swallow – manometry shows no peristalsis – high LES pressures/failure to relax – Rx: laparoscopic or thoracoscopic Heller myotomy //