Defining “true acid reflux” after peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: a prospective cohort study

Post written by Aniruddha Pratap Singh, MD, DM, Neeraj Singla, MD, DM, Ekant Budhwani, MD, Wladyslaw Januszewicz, MD, PhD, Zaheer Nabi, MD, DNB, Nitin Jagtap, MD, DNB, Rakesh Kalapala, MD, DNB, Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, Santosh Darisetty, DA, Sana Fathima Memon, MBA, Duvuur Nageshwar Reddy, MD, DM, and Mohan Ramchandani, MD, DM, from the Asian Institute …

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Modified gastric-peroral endoscopic myotomy with sleeve release in a case of severe gastric sleeve stenosis

Post written by Syed Hamaad Rahman, DO, from Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. We describe the case of a 26-year-old woman who had undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and presented with severe intolerance of oral intake, reflux, and weight loss. She was found to have stenosis of the gastric sleeve with presence of a …

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Peroral endoscopic myotomy for a pediatric case of suspected congenital esophageal stenosis

Post written by Hirofumi Abe, MD, PhD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. We present an extremely rare case that was highly suspicious for congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) and successfully treated with modified peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). The patient was a 5-year-old girl with …

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Long-term outcomes (≥3 years) after gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for refractory gastroparesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Post written by Andrew Canakis, DO, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Refractory gastroparesis is a chronic debilitating condition that results in decreased quality of life, weight loss/malnutrition, and increased healthcare costs. Medical options with prokinetic agents are often limited, and intrapyloric botulinum toxin injection has …

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Use of an adapted bronchoscope for peroral endoscopic myotomy in a pediatric patient weighing less than 10 kg

Post written by Carlos Robles-Medranda, MD, from the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas (IECED), Guayaquil, Ecuador. In this video case presentation, we illustrate a compelling clinical scenario involving an underweight 2-year-old girl who presented with a confirmed diagnosis of achalasia. In a noteworthy facet, parental refusal for surgical intervention prompted the consideration of an alternative endoscopic …

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Aberrant placement of functional lumen imaging probe into mediastinum during peroral endoscopic myotomy

Post written by Yusuke Fujiyoshi, MD, and Christopher Teshima, MD, MSc, PhD, from the Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Centre, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We experienced a peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) case in which the EndoFLIP (Medtronic, Inc, Shoreview, Minn, USA) catheter was inserted into the submucosal tunnel and inflated into the mediastinum, …

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Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for management of refractory gastroparesis in patients with gastric neurostimulator devices: a multicenter retrospective case control study

Post written by Cyrus R. Piraka, MD, FASGE, from the Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. This study explores whether gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) could serve as salvage therapy for refractory gastroparesis in patients who had a gastric neurostimulator (GNS) implanted. It was designed as a multicenter, retrospective, 1:2-matched case-control study comparing outcomes …

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Tunneling-free peroral endoscopic septotomy for Zenker diverticulum

Post written by Maria Manuela Estevinho, MD, and Rolando Pinho, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho Hospital Center, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. We report on a modified Zenker peroral endoscopic myotomy (Z-POEM) technique (tunneling-free) that was carried out on 4 patients. Initially, a mucosal incision was made over the septum …

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Comparing clinical success and procedural difficulty between treatment-naïve and treatment-refractory patients with esophageal motility disorders during peroral endoscopic myotomy

Post written by Raymond E. Kim, MD, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. The primary focus of our study was to compare the difficulty and success rate of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) in treatment-naïve cases versus treatment-refractory patients with esophageal motility disorders. There is a prevailing belief that treatment-refractory cases, which …

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“Loop-10” line-assisted clip closure method: closure of perforation in re-do peroral endoscopic myotomy

Post written by Marc Julius Navarro, MD, from the Digestive Diseases Center, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and the Institute of Digestive and Liver Diseases, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines. In this video, we highlight how the “Loop-10” line-assisted clip closure method presented to be a feasible and effective method in achieving …

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