Eran Shlomovitz, MD, Christy M Dunst, MD, Radu Pescarus, MD, Ahmed Sharata, MD, Kevin M Reavis, MD, Lee L Swanstrom, MD. Providence Portland Medical Center, The Oregon Clinic.
This video demonstrates a novel technique of Endoscopic Per-Oral Pyloromyotomy (POP) for the treatment of gastroparesis. In this procedure the endoscopic submucosal myotomy technique is applied to divide the pyloric sphincter. Our early human experience includes 4 patients and suggests that this technique may provide an alternative endoscopic method of improving gastric emptying in gastroparetic patients.
The video demonstrates the technique, and includes 3 month follow-up endoscopy.