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BACKGROUND/AIMS The motility change after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in achalasia is currently focused on lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This study aims to investigate the correlation of motility response between distal and proximal esophagus after POEM. METHODS A total of 32 achalasia patients who received POEM and high-resolution manometry (HRM) were included for analysis. Eckardt...

The aim of this article is to document, contextualise, and theorise the rebellious actions carried out by artists in Slovenia 2020–2021, present these as a continuation avant-garde movements twentieth century. We focus on diverse protests strong alliance artists, anti-capitalists, anti-fascists, ecological movements, other civil structures that continue challenge oppressive autocratic powers. W...

The Odyssey is a poem of paradoxes. Its central hero is both poet and liar, hero and trickster, emphatically famous and notoriously anonymous, endowed with a ravenous belly, yet capable of extreme fasting. The poem itself provides a narrative context entirely worthy of such ambiguity. Hailed by many for its self-reflexive narrative sophistication, it resorts nonetheless to primitive folktales f...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a complex technique used in achalasia. Preclinical training is essential but little is known about the number of procedures needed. The aim of this study was to determine the number of procedures required to master POEM in an animal model. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective comparative study was conducted in two swine models at...