Improving the surgery for sigmoid achalasia: long-term results of a technical detail☆ | Zendy

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Improving the surgery for sigmoid achalasia: long-term results of a technical detail☆

Author(s) -

Enrico Faccani,

Sandro Mattioli,

Maria Luisa Lugaresi,

Massimo Pierluigi Di Simone,

Tommaso Bartalena,

Vladimiro Pilotti

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.009

Subject(s) - achalasia , medicine , dysphagia , reflux , surgery , myotomy , sigmoid function , endoscopy , esophagus , heller myotomy , disease , machine learning , artificial neural network , computer science

Heller myotomy results for the treatment of sigmoid achalasia are worse than those achieved for fusiform achalasia. We retrospectively examined two groups of sigmoid achalasia patients, in which we performed (1) the standard Heller-Dor procedure (no pull-down) and (2) the Heller-Dor plus a technique apt to obtain the verticality of the oesophageal axis (pull-down). We verified whether the latter technique improved long-term results.

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