Presented by Kyle A Perry at the The Devil is in the Details Session: Technical Tips from the Masters – Treatment of Recurrent Achalasia held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Friday, March 24, 2017
Keyword(s): acid suppression, balloon dilation, Botox injection, cancer, diagnostic workup, dilation, Eckardt score, endoscopic management, endoscopy, esophageal leak, esophagitis, esophagram, esophagus, evaluation, failed Heller, failed myotomy, failure rate, gastroesophageal junction, GEJ, general anesthesia, GERD, gold standard, Heller myotomy, incisors, injury, manometry, mucosotomy, Nissen fundoplication, open surgery, partial wrap, pH testing, pneumatic dilation, POEM, PPI, proton pump inhibitor, recurrent achalasia, recurrent dysphagia, reflux, stasis, stricture, submucosal tunnel, therapy, UGI, upper gastrointestinal, upper GI, VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Heller myotomy outcomes–36 sec Ann Surg 2006
Evaluation–1:04
Recurrent dysphagia etiology–3:16
Management of post-myotomy stricture–3:51
Pneumatic dilation–5:26
POEM–6:55
Summary–12:18