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Meet Our Team
The Motility Center care team includes physicians, surgeons, psychologists, nurse practictioners, researchers, and dietitians to treat childhood digestive disorders.
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Potty Talk: Do You Know Squat About Constipation?
There is no shortage of television commercials related to constipation medications. It seems that everyone is constipated these days. Not surprisingly, constipation happens in children too.
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Pyloris Botox
Botox injection is one of several advanced treatments we may use for children with motility or nerve/sensation problems. When standard treatments are not enough, carefully placed Botox injections can sometimes help by relaxing muscles that are too tight at key “valves” in the digestive tract.
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Esophageal Dilation (Balloon Dilation)
Esophageal dilation (balloon dilation) is a minimally invasive procedure that widens a tight area in the esophagus — the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. This stretches the tissue so food and liquids pass more easily.
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Gastric Pacemaker
Gastric pacemaker is an advanced therapy to treat patients with gastroparesis when other standard treatments have not worked.
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Percutaneous Cecostomy
A percutaneous cecostomy is a medical procedure used to help children who have trouble with severe constipation or difficulty controlling bowel movements.
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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a procedure used to treat children who have trouble eating, swallowing or keeping down food. It treats swallowing disorders caused by muscle spasms in the esophagus or when the muscles at the bottom of the esophagus do not relax when the child eats.
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Achalasia
Achalasia happens when there are problems with the nerve cells in the muscles of the esophagus.
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Gastroparesis
Gastroparesis is a condition that causes food and liquid to stay in the stomach for a long time.