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 Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE): Achalasia guidelines (2018)
●ISDE: The Kagoshima consensus on esophageal achalasia (2012)
United States
●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the management of achalasia (2020)
Europe
●ESGE: Guideline for the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal motility disorders – Part 2 (2020)
●UK guidelines on oesophageal dilatation in clinical practice (2018)
United Kingdom
Japan
●[In English] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): Clinical practice guidelines for peroral endoscopic myotomy (2018)
●[In Japanese] JGES: POEM clinical practice guidelines (2018)