Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Complex Achalasia and the POEM Difficulty Score

ConclusionsThe PDS identifies the factors that contribute to challenging POEM procedures and correlates well with procedural velocity. The order of increasing difficulty of POEM in complex achalasia appears to be type III, prior myotomy,>4 treatments and sigmoid ‐type.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Digestive Endoscopy - November 12, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Robert Bechara, Matthew Woo, Lawrence Hookey, Wiley Chung, Kevin Grimes, Manabu Onimaru, Haruo Ikeda, Kazuya Sumi, Yuto Shimamura, Haruhiro Inoue, Jun Nakamura, Yoshitaka Hata, Maruyama Shota, Kuniyo Gomi Tags: Original Article Source Type: research