MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ACHALASIA OF THE CARDIA AND PREVENTION OF ITS COMPLICATIONS
The paper discusses the diagnosis and treatment of complicated achalasia of the cardia (AC), the untimely recognition and inadequate treatment of which result in the development of complications. In uncomplicated AC, the authors' package of therapeutic measures can abolish dysphagia for a relatively long period. In complications, the above measures helped prepare patients for radical treatment.