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Dysphagia & Oesophagus
Dysphagia as a diagnostic pathway: what the history and the location of the symptom tell you, which test answers which question, and the oesophageal conditions that produce it — from achalasia to carcinoma.
What this lecture covers
- History: the location and character of dysphagia
- Examination findings that matter
- Diagnostic tools: oesophagogram, endoscopy
- Oesophageal manometry and pH probe studies
- Causes of dysphagia, grouped and compared
- Achalasia: diagnosis and treatment
- Strictures, motility disorders and reflux disease
- Carcinoma of the oesophagus
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