Safety and efficacy of using a short tunnel versus a standard tunnel for peroral endoscopic myotomy for Ling type IIc and III achalasia: a retrospective study.
Longsong LiNingli ChaiEn Qiang LinghuZhenjuan LiChen DuWengang ZhangJiale ZouYing XiongXiaobin ZhangPing TangPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2018)
The efficacy of the procedure was comparable between the two groups. However, the short tunnel significantly reduced the operation time and the rates of procedure-related adverse events.