![]() ![]() ![]() There was one perforation identified after laparoscopic Heller myotomy and one patient with persistent subcutaneous emphysema after POEM. Three patients who underwent POEM and two who underwent laparoscopic Heller myotomy had prior fundoplication. Preoperative Eckardt scores, motility, and prior interventions were not significantly different. Demographics were similar between the groups with exception of age ( POEM 69.5 vs. ![]() Three patients underwent redo laparoscopic Heller myotomy, and five patients consented to redo myotomy with POEM. Eight patients presented to our institution between October 2010 and June 2013 with recurrent/persistent symptoms after prior laparoscopic Heller myotomy. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of performing peroral endoscopic myotomy ( POEM) in the management of recurrent achalasia after failed myotomy. Vigneswaran, Yalini Yetasook, Amy K Zhao, Jin-Cheng Denham, Woody Linn, John G Ujiki, Michael B Peroral endoscopic myotomy ( POEM): feasible as reoperation following Heller myotomy. ![]()
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