Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi

Yazarlar: Cebrail AKYÜZ, Erdal POLAT, Necdet Fatih YAŞAR, Ahmet ŞEKER, Mustafa DUMAN, Sinan YOL

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Esophageal achalasia,Endoscopic surgical procedure,Balloon dilation

Özet: Achalasia that is not diagnosed on time may result in cachexia, which may cause more complications, longer period of recovery and even higher mortality following surgical interventions. A patient, complaining of dysphagia for 2 years and weight loss of 30 kilograms, was referred to our clinic. Although ballon dilatation was performed following medical treatment of candidal esophagitis in too faint patient, vomitting had been continued. Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) for a long period of home enteral nutrition was placed.After 3 months the patient could start to eat, PEG had been taken. Home enteral nutrition via PEG is a highly cost-effective pretreatment method before the definitive therapy in this small group of patients with severe cachexia. 

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