Open AccessOutcome of peroral endoscopic myotomy in achalasia cardia: Experience with a new triangular knife
Author(s) -
Zaheer Nabi,
Mohan Ramchandani,
Radhika Chavan,
Rakesh Kalapala,
Santosh Darisetty,
D. Nageshwar Reddy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_361_17
Subject(s) - achalasia , medicine , myotomy , clipping (morphology) , surgery , forceps , adverse effect , esophagus , linguistics , philosophy
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a technically demanding procedure. Recently, a new triangular knife with integrated water jet function (TTJ) has been introduced. The present study was aimed to analyze and compare the operating time, efficacy, and adverse events (AEs) between the conventional (TT knife) and new knife (TTJ).