Zaheer Nabi, Vinci Chandran, Jahangeer Basha, Mohan Ramchandani, Pradev Inavolu, Rakesh Kalpala, Rajesh Goud, Nitin Jagtap, Santosh Darisetty, Rajesh Gupta, Manu Tandan, Sundeep Lakhtakia, Rama Kotla, Rangarao Devarasetty, Guduru Venkat Rao, D Nageshwar Reddy
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: GERD is common after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). Selective sparing of oblique fibers may reduce the incidence of reflux esophagitis after POEM. In this study, we compared the incidence of GERD between conventional myotomy (CM) versus oblique fiber-sparing (OFS) myotomy in patients with achalasia. METHODS: Eligible patients with type I and II achalasia who underwent POEM from January 2020 to October 2020 were randomized into 2 groups (CM and OFS myotomy)...
January 2024: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy