Maryam Mubashir, Victoria Andrus, David Okuampa, Michelle Neice, Elizabeth Armstrong, Hailey Canezaro, Ross Dies, Ashely Deville, Lena Kawji, Shazia Rashid, Syed Musa Raza, Nazar Hafiz, Abu Saleh Mosa Faisal, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Qiang Cai
BACKGROUND: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a relatively new but increasingly therapeutic option for achalasia. In recent years, POEM has been used for nonachalasia esophageal motility disorders (NAEMDs), such as diffuse esophageal spasm, esophagogastric junction outlet obstruction, and hypercontractile disorder, with some clinical success. No studies thus far compare the outcomes of these two groups. We perform the first head-to-head comparison of outcomes after POEM in patients with achalasia and NAEMD...
October 6, 2023: Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques