Long versus short peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of achalasia: results of a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

Conclusions Our study demonstrates non-inferiority of a shorter cut length of POEM as compared with the standard treatment, which saved some procedural time. GORD rate was not reduced by reducing cutting length. Trial registration number NCT03450928.

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Source: Gut - July 6, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Familiari, P., Borrelli de Andreis, F., Landi, R., Mangiola, F., Boskoski, I., Tringali, A., Perri, V., Costamagna, G. Tags: Gut Endoscopy Source Type: research