Post written by Mark Solinski, MD, and Aziz Aadam, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Our video was designed to educate patients about peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). In the video, we walk viewers through the indications and contraindications, provide a detailed procedural description, and explain postprocedural expectations.

We believe a step-by-step guide through POEM in patient-centered language is important because it allows patients to not only have the opportunity to review some of the discussions they had with their endoscopist prior to the procedure, but it also enables them to share information about the procedure from a peer-reviewed source with loved ones or caregivers who may have not been able to be present to discuss the procedure with the endoscopist.

Educational videos such as this also can be used as an introduction to advanced endoscopic procedures for early trainees (eg, medical students and residents), nongastroenterologists (eg, primary care physicians), and other clinic staff (eg, nurses and schedulers) who have not had exposure to the breadth of endoscopy.

We hope other endoscopists find this video helpful as an educational tool in their practice and consider sharing their own patient education material.

We appreciate VideoGIE giving us the opportunity to showcase our work and providing an outlet for patient-centered educational videos.

Peroral endoscopic myotomy procedure.

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