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ArticleSaudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association2026

Achalasia management with per-oral endoscopic myotomy: A study of clinical success and complications at a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia.

Abdulrahman Alfadda, Abdullah Alqaraawi, Aymen Almuhaidb, Khalid Al Kahtani, Faisal M Alyahya, Mohmmed Alzomia, Adnan Almahrouq, Musthafa C Peedikayil

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Article in Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) era in Saudi Arabia: Bridging tertiary-center experience with clinical care pathways.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Abdulrahman AlfaddaDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlqaraawiDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aymen AlmuhaidbDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid Al KahtaniDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal M AlyahyaDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Mohmmed AlzomiaDepartment of Medicine, McGill University, Division of General Internal Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Adnan AlmahrouqDepartment of Medical Nursing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Musthafa C PeedikayilDepartment of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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AchalasiaEckardt scoregastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)minimally invasive treatmentper-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)Saudi Arabia

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PMID40994031
PMCPMC12867322

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