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 +8 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 +5 more
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Same Day Discharge for Heller Myotomy: Setting Realistic Patient Expectations Is Key. [PDF]
World J SurgWorld Journal of Surgery, Volume 49, Issue 9, Page 2380-2381, September 2025.
Thompson SK.
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Laparoscopic Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for achalasia: an outcome in a tertiary health center of Nepal [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryIntroductionLaparoscopic 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 +7 more
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Laparoscopic Heller Esophagomyotomy is Safe and Effective in Rural East Africa [PDF]
The Annals of African Surgery, 2020 Background: The incidence of achalasia in subSaharan Africa is not known. Experience in our region suggests the disorder affects mainly younger patients. Esophagomyotomy is the gold standard treatment for achalasia. Benefits of laparoscopic treatment are
Ndegwa W +4 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 +8 more
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Direct cost variance analysis of peroral endoscopic myotomy vs heller myotomy for management of achalasia: A tertiary referral center experience. [PDF]
World J Gastrointest Endosc, 2023 BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) has been the traditional surgical treatment for achalasia. Recently, peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has demonstrated similar clinical outcomes with shorter procedure times.
Haider SA +7 more
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Long Term Outcomes of Surgical and Clinical Symptoms Following Minimally Invasive Heller Myotomy: A Retrospective Clinical Database Review [PDF]
Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2019 Introduction: Minimally invasive Heller myotomy (MIHM) rates have increased, but little evidence is available regarding long term (LT) clinical and surgical outcomes.
Laura E. Flores +4 more
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Revisional Therapy for Recurrent Symptoms After Heller Myotomy for Achalasia. [PDF]
J Gastrointest Surg, 2022 Purpose: Symptom recurrence after initial surgical management of esophageal achalasia occurs in 10–25% of patients. The aim of this study was to analyze safety and efficacy of revisional therapy after failed Heller myotomy (HM).
Milito P +5 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 +8 more
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