Trial reportSurgical endoscopy2003
Results of the laparoscopic Heller-Dor procedure for pediatric esophageal achalasia.
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- Outcome reporting in studies of paediatric achalasia: A systematic review.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of randomized and controlled treatment trials for achalasia.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2009Pooled it
- Heller myotomy versus Heller myotomy with Dor fundoplication for achalasia: a prospective randomized double-blind clinical trial.Annals of surgery · 2004Trial
- Childhood esophageal achalasia: Case report from Afghanistan with literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Gastrointestinal Dysmotility and the Implications for Respiratory Disease.Current treatment options in pediatrics · 2019Article
- Obstructive bronchitis and recurrent pneumonia in esophageal achalasia in a child: A CARE compliant case report.Medicine · 2018Article
- Pediatric achalasia. Single-center study of interventional treatment.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2017Article
- Laparoscopic esophagomyotomy for achalasia in children: A review.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2016Review
- Gastrointestinal motility disorders in children.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2014Article
- Diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and associated diseases of achalasia in children and adolescents: a twelve-year single center experience.Pediatric surgery international · 2012Article
- Recurrent achalasia treated with Heller myotomy: a review of the literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2008Review
- Esophageal surgery in newborns, infants and children.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2008Article
- Results of laparoscopic Heller myotomy without anti-reflux procedure in achalasia. Monocentric prospective study of 106 cases.Surgical endoscopy · 2008Article
- Esophageal achalasia of unknown etiology in infants.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2008Article
- A 12-year-old boy with progressive dysphagia.Medscape journal of medicine · 2008Article
- Minimally invasive surgery.Archives of disease in childhood · 2005Review
- Quality-of-life Assessment among Children with Esophageal Achalasia.Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsArticle
- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy versus peroral endoscopic myotomy in children with esophageal achalasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundEsophageal achalasia is not a frequent disorder in children and different treatments have been proposed during past decades. This study reviews the results of the laparoscopic Heller-Dor procedure performed in pediatric patients in two different surgical units.
methodsWe included the patients aged <14 years with a minimum follow-up of 6 months operated on in the period 1994-2001. A single longitudinal anterior esophageal myotomy (Heller) and a 180 degrees anterior gastropexy (Dor) were laparoscopically performed. The patients were checked to detect intra- or postoperative complications and recurrence.
resultsTwenty children were operated on. Mean follow-up was 45 months (range 6-102). Postoperative clinical score was Visick 1 in 15 cases and Visick 2 in five.
conclusionsAs complication and recurrence rates are very low we consider modified Heller myotomy and Dor gastropexy through a laparoscopic approach our first choice to treat esophageal achalasia in the pediatric population.
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