Nutcracker esophagus: Where painful spasms occur, but no food or liquid is regurgitated. They can make it hard for a person to swallow. What are the risk factors?

Also known as nutcracker esophagus or distal or diffuse esophageal spasm (DES), esophageal spasm is a rare disorder affecting ...

Nutcracker esophagus is characterized by high-amplitude peristaltic contractions during swallowing, but the clinical relevance of this manometric finding—and indeed, whether the condition should ...

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A: A nutcracker esophagus is one of several esophageal disorders where the normal orderly muscular contractions that move a bolus of food from the upper esophagus into the stomach aren’t ...

A right thoracoscopic myotomy extending from the diaphragm to the thoracic inlet is the preferred procedure for patients who have nutcracker esophagus or diffuse ...

Diffuse esophageal spasm or "corkscrew" esophagus and nutcracker esophagus are diagnosed by manometry, with DES showing abnormal simultaneous contractions in the esophageal body and nutcracker ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have been diagnosed with nutcracker esophagus. The doctor has said little about what I can do other than taking medicines for the pain. What can I do so I don’t have to ta… ...

After many tests, the last one a motility test, I have what is known as a nutcracker esophagus. The doctor said the cause of it is not known and neither is the treatment.

The esophagus is the tube that connects your mouth and stomach. On either end of the esophagus are sphincter muscles that flex and contract as part of the digestive process.