Esophageal Sphincter, Lower
"Esophageal Sphincter, Lower" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The physiologic or functional barrier to GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX at the esophagogastric junction. Sphincteric muscles remain tonically contracted during the resting state and form the high-pressure zone separating the lumen of the ESOPHAGUS from that of the STOMACH. (Haubrich et al, Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed., pp399, 415)
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D049630
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.570.210 A03.556.875.500.414.350 A03.556.875.875.330.350
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Esophageal Sphincter, Lower" by people in Profiles.
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Technical details and outcomes of peroral endoscopic myotomy with fundoplication: the first U.S. experience (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2023 03; 97(3):585-593.
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A novel strategy to initiate a peroral endoscopic myotomy program. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Oct 01; 52(4):686-691.
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Gastroesophageal reflux after peroral endoscopic myotomy: a multicenter case-control study. Endoscopy. 2017 Jul; 49(7):634-642.
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Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Jun; 83(6):1051-60.
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50 years ago in the Journal of Pediatrics: the behavior of the lower esophageal sphincter in infants and its relationship to gastroesophageal regurgitation. J Pediatr. 2014 Jan; 164(1):88.