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The management of achalasia should depend on the degree of esophageal involvement assessed individually in order to indicate precisely the therapeutic measures for each case. Staging based on morphological and functional variables is used to distinguish the different degrees of esophageal involvement more accurately.
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Pinotti, H.W., Nasi, A., Domene, C.E., Santo, M.A., Libanori, H.T. (1993). Video-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Achalasia. In: Nabeya, Ki., Hanaoka, T., Nogami, H. (eds) Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68246-2_17
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