Complementary pneumatic dilations are an effective and safe treatment when laparoscopic myotomy fails: A 30-year experience at a single tertiary center.

Andrea CostantiniMario CostantiniLuca ProvenzanoGiovanni CapovillaLoredana NicolettiFrancesca ForattiniArianna VittoriGiulia NeziMatteo SantangeloLucia MolettaMichele ValmasoniRenato Salvador

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2024)

CPDs represent an effective and safe option to treat patients after a failed LHD: when the postsurgery ES consistently remains high and the number of CPDs required to control symptoms exceeds 2, this may suggest the need for further invasive treatments.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
robot assisted
physical activity
depressive symptoms
patient reported