Presented by James P Dolan 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): abdomen, abdominal cavity, acute respiratory distress syndrome, anastomosis, anesthesiologist, antibiotics, antireflux surgery, ARDS, ARS, aspiration, azygous vein, bleeding, blood loss, Brazil, chest, chest CT, chest CT scan, chest dissection, clean-contaminated, communication, contaminated, convert, diagnosis, diaphragm, dilate, dilated esophagus, dissection, Dor fundoplication, drainage procedures, endstage achalasia, epidural, esophagram, flight surgeon, foregut surgery, gastric artery, Heller myotomy, hiatus, hypotension, ICU, image, infiltrates, intensive care unit, left lateral decubitus, lesser curvature, lesser curve, liquid diet, lung, lymphadenectomy, malignancy, malignant esophagus, Maxon, mediastinum, MIE, minimally-invasive esophagectomy, mucosa, nasogastric tube, nasogastric tube decompression, neck, NG tube, NGT, NGT decompression, nutrition, O2, obstructing cancer, orientation, oxygen, pain medicine, pneumoperitoneum, POEM, postoperative, preoperative, Pubmed, recurrent laryngeal nerve, redo myotomy, remnant esophagus, remnant stomach, scope, Silk suture, single lung ventilation, spine, split leg, staple line, stapler, sternal notch, sternocleidomastoid, sternohyoid, stricture, swallow study, team, tension, thoracic surgeons, thrombosed vessels, thyroid, Toupet fundoplication, trachea, transhiatal, transhiatal approach, vena cava, xiphoid
Overview–36 sec Ann N Y Acad Sci 2016
Overall considerations–1:19
Preop considerations–5:06
Operative considerations–7:18
Malignancy vs achalasia–8:04
Postop considerations–19:29