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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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Surgical Treatment for Achalasia of the Esophagus: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy [PDF]

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2013
Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder that leads to dysphagia, chest pain, and weight loss. Its diagnosis is clinically suspected and is confirmed with esophageal manometry.
Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos, Luis Alfonso Martin-del-Campo   +1 more
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Fundoplication After Heller Myotomy: A Retrospective Comparison Between Nissen and Dor

Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019
Objective: A retrospective comparison between Nissen and Dor fundoplication after laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia. Materials and Methods: From 1998 to 2004 a first group of 48 patients underwent Heller myotomy and Nissen fundoplication for ...
Fabio Pellegrini, Roberto Scaramuzzi, Gerardo Scaramuzzi, Angelo Andriulli, Ermelinda De Santos, Andrea Fontana, Antonello Cuttitta, Antonio Tancredi   +7 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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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, Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, Bhavani Pokala, Sarah Samreen, Dmitry Oleynikov   +4 more
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Peroral endoscopic myotomy achieves similar clinical response but incurs lesser charges compared to robotic heller myotomy

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Background/Aim: Several uncontrolled studies comparing peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and Heller myotomy have demonstrated equivalent short-term efficacy and safety.
Mouen A Khashab, Vivek Kumbhari, Alan H Tieu, Mohamad H El Zein, Amr Ismail, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, Vikesh K Singh, Anthony N Kalloo, John O Clarke, Ellen M Stein   +9 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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What to do when Heller's myotomy fails? Pneumatic dilatation, laparoscopic remyotomy or peroral endoscopic myotomy: A systematic review

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2018
Background: Surgical treatment of achalasia fails in 10%–20% of patients. The most frequent responsible cause is the performance of an incomplete myotomy at primary surgery. The treatment when the failure happens is not well defined.
Sonia Fernandez-Ananin, Arnulfo F Fernández, Carmen Balagué, David Sacoto, Eduardo Maria Targarona   +4 more
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