When is POEM truly equivalent to LHM? A comparison of complication rates during the learning curve.
Wei Jin WongNik Arsyad Nik Muhamad AffendiSze Li SiowHans Alexander MahendranPeng-Choong LauShiaw-Hooi HoSanjiv MahadevaPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
POEM is challenging even for experienced endoscopists. From our data, complication rates between POEM and LHM + F equalize after approximately 25 POEMs.