10-year follow-up results of the European Achalasia Trial: a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing pneumatic dilation with laparoscopic Heller myotomy.

Guy E BoeckxstaensStefanie ElsenAnn BelmansVito AnneseAlbert J BredenoordOlivier R BuschMario CostantiniUberto FumagalliAndré J P M SmoutJan TackTim VanuytselGiovanni ZaninottoRenato Salvador

Published in: Gut (2023)

PD and LHM are equally effective even after 10 years of follow-up with limited risk to develop gastro-oesophageal reflux. Based on these data, we conclude that PD and LHM can both be proposed as initial treatment of achalasia.

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