Open AccessPeroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of achalasia: A multicenter Middle Eastern experience
Author(s) -
Abed Al Lehibi,
Shaimaa Elkholy,
Mohammad Gouda,
Ammar Al Dabbagh,
Areej Al Balkhi,
Abdullah Almtawa,
Nawwaf Al Otaibi,
M. ElSherbiny,
Kareem Essam,
Mohammed Attieh Alzahrani,
Ahmed Al Ghamdi,
Adel Al Ghamdi,
Ahmad AlEid,
Adel Qutub,
Abdulrahman Alamr,
Shameem Ahmad,
Khalid Al Sayari,
Bashaar Al Ibrahim,
Abdullah Al Khathlan,
Resheed Alkhiari
Publication year - 2022
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_49_21
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , myotomy , adverse effect , surgery , reflux , pneumoperitoneum , confidence interval , aspiration pneumonia , retrospective cohort study , pneumonia , esophagus , laparoscopy , disease
Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) was proposed in 2010 as a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of achalasia. In this article, we describe the Middle Eastern experience with the procedure in terms of efficacy, length of admission, and short- and long-term complications.