CUSP Stands for Comprehensive United Surgical Practice.
The oesophagus in the human body is a muscular tube that extends from the neck to the abdomen and connects the throat (pharynx) to the stomach. The disorder that occurs in this food pipe is termed as oesophageal disorders. Some of the most common oesophageal disorders include:
The common symptoms of that lead to Oesophageal disorders include:
The cause of oesophageal disorders is still unknown to doctors. However, they are a type of motility disorders that involves the problem associated with the contraction of the muscles in the food pipe. The muscles in the oesophagus aim at squeezing together to move contents from the mouth to the rest of the gastrointestinal (GI) system.
If you have any kind of oesophageal disorders than the brain send a faulty signal to the muscles in your oesophagus and they may contract before you swallow something.
Your risk of developing oesophageal disorders is high if you:
There are three most common test uses to diagnose and evaluate oesophageal disorders:
At the time of early diagnosis, medicines such as nitrates or nifedipine can help dilate the narrowed part of the oesophagus and relax the muscle thereby providing a smooth passage to food inside the stomach.
The use of medicine provides a short term relief and helps ease the symptoms. If the condition is serious then a patient might have to go for a more permanent treatment.
For patients with severe oesophageal disorders, a minimally invasive surgical technique called laparoscopic oesophagomyotomy or the Heller Myotomy is used as a treatment approach. Under MIS, a surgeon use endoscope which is a thin, telescopic-like instrument which is inserted into the patient’s body by making a short incision. The endoscope has a tiny video camera-smaller than its dimension connected on its top, which projects a view of the operative site onto video monitors located in the operating room. The MIS offer a patient with many benefits like:
It is critical to profoundly understand what really matters to patients when it comes to disease management and treatment expectations.