Peroral endoscopic myotomy for hypercontractile (Jackhammer) esophagus: A retrospective multicenter series with long-term follow-up.
David AlbersMana WittJohn E PandolfinoThomas RöschGuido SchachschalTorsten BeynaHorst NeuhausChristian GergesJennis KandlerHans-Dieter AllescherJan MartinekAlessandro RepiciAlanna EbigboHelmut MessmannBrigitte SchumacherYuki B WernerPublished in: United European gastroenterology journal (2024)
Patients with symptomatic Jackhammer without EGJOO benefit from POEM in long-term follow-up. Treatment of Jackhammer with EGJOO, however, remains challenging and probably requires full sphincter myotomy and future studies which should address the pathogenesis of this variant and alternative strategies.
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