Individuals with achalasia showed a higher risk for mortality than matched reference individuals from the general population, with one additional death per six individuals with achalasia observed ...

The POEM procedure is performed to treat the swallowing disorder known as achalasia. Achalasia is a disorder of motility in the esophagus in which the esophagus has lost its normal ability to move ...

Over roughly 9 years of follow-up, people with the swallowing disorder achalasia had a 42% higher risk of mortality compared with the general population, a nationwide cohort study from Sweden ...