Open peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia with failed Heller myotomy.

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Open peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia with failed Heller myotomy.

Dig Endosc. 2017 Dec 29;:

Authors: Liu W, Wu CC, Hu B

Abstract
In May 2017, a 55-year-old man was referred to our endoscopy center because of dysphagia and chest pain. The patient with a history of failed Heller myotomy was diagnosed as a recurrence of achalasia (type II) with an Eckardt score of 13. Selective myotomy was achieved by peroral endoscopic myotomy without a submucosal tunnel for this case. We describe this technique as open peroral endoscopic myotomy(O-POEM) (Fig 1, 2). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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