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Chapter 37 - Botulinum Neurotoxin in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2023

By
Vito Annese ,
Alessandro Borrello  and
Daniele Gui
Edited by
Daniel Truong ,
Dirk Dressler ,
Mark Hallett ,
Christopher Zachary  and
Mayank Pathak
Daniel Truong
Affiliation:
University of California, Riverside
Dirk Dressler
Affiliation:
Hannover Medical School
Mark Hallett
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Christopher Zachary
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Mayank Pathak
Affiliation:
Truong Neuroscience Institute
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Summary

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) has applications in treating gastroenterological disorders from the esophagus to the rectum. This chapter describes and graphically illustrates BoNT injection techniques, both percutaneous and endoscopic, for a wide range of gastrointestinal disorders: cricopharyngeal dysphagia, achalasia, esophageal spasm, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, obesity, gastroparesis, puborectalis syndrome, proctalgia fugax, anal fissure, dyssynergic defecation, anismus, anorectal pain and incisional hernia.

Keywords

Cricopharyngeal dysphagiaachalasiaesophageal spasmsphincter of Oddiobesitygastroparesispuborectalis syndromeproctalgia fugaxanal fissuredyssynergic defecationanismusanorectal painincisional herniabotulinum neurotoxin
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Manual of Botulinum Toxin Therapy , pp. 311 - 322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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