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Single-center experience of transitioning from video-assisted laparoscopic to robotic Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for esophageal motility disorders [PDF]

BMC Surgery, 2023
Background Video-assisted laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) has become the standard treatment option for achalasia. While robotic surgery offering some specific advantages such as better three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic vision, hand-eye consistency ...
Xun Jiang, Chunlin Ye, Lei Jiang, Guangxia Wei, Shaohua Dai, Yong Xi, Zhiguo Chen, Bentong Yu, Jian Tang   +8 more
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Laparoscopic Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for achalasia: an outcome in a tertiary health center of Nepal [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
IntroductionLaparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Dor fundoplication is the most effective therapeutic option for Achalasia cardia, with fewer complications. We present the outcomes of this procedure with long-term follow-up in patients with Achalasia cardia ...
Kunal Bikram Deo, Parbatraj Regmi, Narendra Pandit, Narendra Pandit, Barurendra Raj Yogi, Bed Prakash Sah, Ulav Budhathoki, Shailesh Adhikary   +7 more
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Robot-Assisted Heller Myotomy Versus Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Robot-assisted Heller myotomy (RAHM) is an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) in the surgical management of achalasia, with similar outcomes and potentially lower complication rates. We aimed to systematically review the literature by comparing the technical success, outcomes, and complications of RAHM
Ataya K, Bsat A, Aljaafreh A, Bourji H, Al Ayoubi AR, Hassan N.   +5 more
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Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication following an unsuccessful peroral endoscopic myotomy [PDF]

Surgical Case Reports, 2023
Background Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that presents as dysphagia and severely affects quality of life. An esophageal myotomy has been the golden standard for treatment.
Takuma Aoki, Soji Ozawa, Koki Hayashi, Tomofumi Ando, Yusuke Uchi, Motohide Shimazu, Hiroharu Shinozaki, Kenji Matsumoto, Nobuo Omura   +8 more
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Long‐term outcomes of treatment for achalasia: Laparoscopic Heller myotomy versus POEM [PDF]

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder characterized by nonrelaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) is the gold standard treatment for achalasia.
Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Kazuto Tsuboi, Jun Watanabe, Fumiaki Yano   +4 more
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How does per-oral endoscopic myotomy compare to Heller myotomy? The Latin American perspective [PDF]

Endoscopy International Open, 2020
Background and study aims Both Heller myotomy (HM) and per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) are efficacious therapies for achalasia. The efficacy and safety of POEM vs HM in Latin America and specifically in patients with Chagas disease is unknown.
Michel Kahaleh, Amy Tyberg, Supriya Suresh, Arnon Lambroza, Monica Gaidhane, Felipe Zamarripa, Guadalupe Ma Martínez, Juan C. Carames, Eduardo T. Moura, Galileu F. Farias, Maria G. Porfilio, Jose Nieto, Mario Rey, Fernando Rodriguez Casas, Oscar V. Mondragón Hernández, Romulo Vargas-Rubio, Raul Canadas, Albis Hani, Guillermo Munoz, Bismarck Castillo, Hannah P. Lukashok, Carlos Robles-Medranda, Eduardo G de Moura   +22 more
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) vs laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) for the treatment of Type III achalasia in 75 patients: a multicenter comparative study

Endoscopy International Open, 2015
Background and study aims: Type III achalasia is characterized by rapidly propagating pressurization attributable to spastic contractions. Although laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) is the current gold standard management for type III achalasia, peroral ...
Vivek Kumbhari, Alan H Tieu, Manabu Onimaru   +2 more
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Long-Term Follow-up Results of Children Undergoing Achalasia Surgery

Journal of Behçet Uz Children's Hospital, 2021
Objective: Achalasia is a disease characterized by lower esophageal sphincter motility disorder. Whereas there is no clear algorithm in treating achalasia in children, Heller myotomy is known to be as the most effective method.
Kutay Bahadır, Ergun Ergun, Anar Jafarov, Merve Bülbül, Gülnur Göllü, Meltem Bingöl Koloğlu, Aydın Yağmurlu, Ahmet Murat Çakmak, Ufuk Ateş   +8 more
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Endoscopic treatment for persistent dysphagia after heller myotomy in a patient with spastic type of achalasia with the use of the intraoperative high-resolution manometry

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2021
A Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy was performed on the patient with the persistent dysphagia despite preceding Heller myotomy combined with partial fundoplication, relaparotomy, fundoplication wrap reconstruction, gastrostomy and left-sided thoracoscopy with ...
A. A. Smirnov, N. V. Konkina, M. M. Kiriltseva, M. E. Lyubchenko, L. I. Davletbaeva, D. I. Vasilevskiy, A. Yu. Korolkov   +6 more
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Endoscopic management of esophageal leak post-heller myotomy for achalasia cardia in children

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022
A 9-year-old male child diagnosed to have achalasia cardia when he presented with a history of vomiting of undigested food particles with poor weight gain. He underwent lap Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication.
Anilkumar Pura Lingegowda, Ramachandra Chandrayya   +1 more
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