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Anesthesia for Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) – not so poetic!
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2022 Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a promising natural orifice transluminal endoscopic procedure for the treatment of esophageal motility disorders, with similar effectiveness as of Heller myotomy.
Soumya Sarkar +2 more
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The treatment of achalasia patients with esophageal varices: an international study [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Treatment options for achalasia include endoscopic and surgical techniques that carry the risk of esophageal bleeding and perforation. The rare coexistence of esophageal varices has only been anecdotally described and treatment is presumed to
Bredenoord, Aj +11 more
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Robot-assisted Heller myotomy for achalasia
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019 Achalasia is a rare neuromuscular esophageal disorder in children. There are many surgical options to treatment including botulinum toxin (Botox) injections, oral pharmacologic therapies with nitrates and calcium channel blockers, pneumatic dilation (PD),
Giulia Fusi +7 more
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2016 Objective: Most researchers believe that the presence of large epiphrenic diverticulum (ED) with severe symptoms should lead to the consideration of surgical options.
Lei Yu +4 more
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Complete endoscopic closure (clipping) of a large esophageal perforation after pneumatic dilation in a patient with achalasia [PDF]
, 2012 The risk of esophageal perforation following endoscopic balloon dilation for achalasia is in the range of 1 and 5% with a mortality rate of 1-20%. Perforations need to be recognized early and, if reasonable, an immediate endoscopic repair should be ...
Antonellis, F +4 more
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Transesophageal pulmonary lobectomy with single transthoracic port assistance: study with survival assessment in a porcine model [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Thoracoscopic pulmonary lobectomy is being performed in an increasing number of patients. The aims of the current study were to assess natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) as an alternative to transthoracic ...
Ferreira, Aníbal +4 more
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Dysphagia in patients with Chagas' disease and Zenker's diverticulum [PDF]
, 2010 Descrevemos dois pacientes, um do sexo feminino e outro do sexo masculino, ambos com 64 anos, que apresentavam a associação entre divertículo de Zenker e esofagopatia provocada por doença de Chagas.
CASSIANI, Rachel de Aguiar +2 more
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Multidisciplinary management of ankyloglossia in childhood. Treatment of 101 cases. A protocol [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Partial ankyloglossia is a limitation which restricts the possibility of protrusion and elevation of the tip of the tongue due to the shortness of either the lingual frenulum or the genioglossus muscles or both.
Ferrés Amat, Elvira +5 more
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DEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.This meta‐analysis of nine studies (202 patients) demonstrates that peroral endoscopic myotomy with fundoplication (POEM‐F) achieves a technical success of 94.8% and significant symptom improvement (Eckardt score reduction from 8.3 to 1.1). Post‐procedural esophagitis occurred in 20.7% and wrap integrity was preserved in 75.7% on follow‐up, supporting ...
Yusuf Kagzi +2 more
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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 +9 more
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