Society guideline links: Achalasia

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Dysphagia" and "Society guideline links: Esophageal manometry and pH testing".)

International

●International High Resolution Manometry Working Group: Esophageal motility disorders on high-resolution manometry – Chicago classification, version 4.0 (2021)

●International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE): Achalasia guidelines (2018)

●International Working Group for Disorders of Gastrointestinal Motility and Function: Expert consensus document – Advances in the management of oesophageal motility disorders in the era of high-resolution manometry: A focus on achalasia syndromes (2017)

●ISDE: The Kagoshima consensus on esophageal achalasia (2012)

United States

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guidelines – Diagnosis and management of achalasia (2020)

●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the management of achalasia (2020)

●Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): Guidelines for the use of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of achalasia (2020)

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice update – The use of per-oral endoscopic myotomy in achalasia: Expert review and best practice advice (2017)

●Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA): Position statement on performance of gastrointestinal manometry studies and provocative testing (2014)

Europe

●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Guideline for the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal motility disorders – Part 1 (2020)

●ESGE: Guideline for the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal motility disorders – Part 2 (2020)

●ESGE: Position statement on the role of gastrointestinal endoscopy in the screening of digestive tract cancers in Europe (2020)

●United European Gastroenterology (UEG) and European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM): European guidelines on achalasia (2020)

●UK guidelines on oesophageal dilatation in clinical practice (2018)

United Kingdom

●British Society for Gastroenterology (BSG): Guidelines for oesophageal manometry and oesophageal reflux monitoring (2019)

Japan

●[In English] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): Clinical practice guidelines for peroral endoscopic myotomy (2018)

●[In Japanese] JGES: POEM clinical practice guidelines (2018)