The only study with an acceptable sample size (81 patients) and a median follow-up of 5 years showed a clear advantage of surgical myotomy over pneumatic dilation. 11 95% of surgically treated ...

Outcomes are comparable to the Heller myotomy, which is the gold standard. Heller is equivalent to balloon dilation. However, dilatation requires repeat interventions, has some anatomical limitations ...

A laparoscopic Heller myotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat achalasia, a condition in which the esophagus doesn't push food and liquid into the stomach effectively and the lower esophageal ...

The extension of the myotomy onto the gastric wall (clearly the most critical and challenging part of the operation) proved difficult because of poor exposure, with the consequent risk of a short ...