Megaesophagus, an affection characterized by the aperistalsis of the esophageal body and deficient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter presents dysphagia as the most frequent complaint. The goal of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with non-advanced megaesophagus in pre and postoperative periods of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy. Ten patients were studied in five moments (pre operative and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery). The anthropometric, hematimetric and biochemical parameters were studied in five moments. CONCLUSIONS: 1) most patients with non-advanced megaesophagus were eutrophic; 2) surgical treatment led to improvement in nutritional status and increase of HDL cholesterol fraction.
Esophageal achalasia, surgery; Nutritional assessment; Preoperative care; Postoperative care
