A Thousand and One Laparoscopic Heller Myotomies for Esophageal Achalasia: a 25-Year Experience at a Single Tertiary Center.

Mario CostantiniRenato SalvadorGiovanni CapovillaLorenzo ValleseAndrea CostantiniLoredana NicolettiDario BriscoliniMichele ValmasoniStefano Merigliano

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)

LHD can durably relieve achalasia symptoms in more than 80% of patients. The pre-operative manometric pattern, the presence of a sigmoid esophagus, and chest pain represent the strongest predictors of outcome.

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