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ReviewTranslational gastroenterology and hepatology2020

Esophageal POEM: the new standard of care.

Salmaan Jawaid, Peter V Draganov, Dennis Yang

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Review in Translational gastroenterology and hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Guide to endoscope selection for peroral endoscopic myotomy procedures.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2026
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  3. Third-space endoscopy: the final frontier.Gastroenterology report · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Salmaan JawaidDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Peter V DraganovDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Dennis YangDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since its introduction into clinical practice nearly a decade ago, per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has now become an accepted minimally invasive approach for the treatment of achalasia with excellent short- and mid-term clinical outcomes in both treatment naïve and those who have failed prior therapy. POEM is comparable to laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) in terms of efficacy and safety, with less procedural pain and faster recovery time. Recent data also reveals that POEM may be more effective and durable than pneumatic dilation (PD) for the treatment of achalasia, with similar safety profile. Preliminary data on POEM for spastic esophageal disorders (SED) is promising yet scarce. Post-POEM gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common but asymptomatic in most patients, further highlighting the need for ongoing research in this field and the importance of long-term surveillance of these patients.

Indexed as

achalasiadysphagiaEckardtesophageal motility disorderlaparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM)Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)pneumatic dilation (PD)

Identifiers

PMID33073042
PMCPMC7530316

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