POEM vs Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Fundoplication: Which Is Now the Gold Standard for Treatment of Achalasia?

What it found

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Peroral endoscopic myotomyWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2022
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2. The SAGES MASTERS Program: top 10 seminal articles for Heller myotomy and treatment of achalasia.Surgical endoscopy · 2025
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3. Use of the functional luminal imaging probe in pediatrics: A comparison study of patients with achalasia before and after endoscopic dilation and non-achalasia controls.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2021
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4. Surgical management of achalasia.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2020
   Review
5. Consensus on the digestive endoscopic tunnel technique.World journal of gastroenterology · 2019
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6. A Thousand and One Laparoscopic Heller Myotomies for Esophageal Achalasia: a 25-Year Experience at a Single Tertiary Center.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2019
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7. Anesthetic management and associated complications of peroral endoscopic myotomy: A case series.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2018
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Abstract

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