ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy2015
Peroral endoscopic myotomy: Time to change our opinion regarding the treatment of achalasia?
Review in World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comprehensive evaluation of current strategies in achalasia treatment: Insights from an umbrella review.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Surgery or Peroral Esophageal Myotomy for Achalasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Third space endoscopy pulmonary complications and chylothorax post peroral endoscopic myotomy.World journal of methodology · 2025Review
- Evolving therapeutic approaches in achalasia: a comprehensive review of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) vs. Heller's myotomy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- Clinical Outcomes and Complications for Achalasia Patients Admitted After Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy.Gastroenterology research · 2023Article
- Commentary: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)-Ready for the big screen.JTCVS techniques · 2021Article
- The Learning Curve for Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Latin America: A Slide to the Right?Clinical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Ling classification applied in the preoperative safety and effectiveness assessment of POEM.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Peroral endoscopic myotomy: procedural complications and pain management for the perioperative clinician.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a new endoscopic treatment for achalasia. Compared to the classical surgical myotomy, POEM brings at least the advantage of minimal invasiveness. The data provided until now suggest that POEM offers excellent short-term symptom resolution, with improvement of dysphagia in more than 90% of treated patients, with encouraging manometric outcomes and low incidence of postprocedural gastroesophageal reflux. The effectiveness of this novel therapy requires long-term follow-up and comparative studies with other treatment modalities for achalasia. This technique requires experts in interventional endoscopy, with a learning curve requiring more than 20 cases, including training on animal and cadaver models, and with a need for structured proctoring during the first cases. This review aims to summarize the data on the technique, outcomes, safety and learning curve of this new endoscopic treatment of achalasia.
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