Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A second endoscope was useful for ensuring a complete gastric myotomy during peroral endoscopic myotomy, or POEM ...

Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a safe and novel endoscopic treatment modality available for achalasia. Since its birth in 2008, more than 3000 procedures have been done in over 50 centers ...

An endoscope with a transparent cap enters through a 2 cm mucosal incision into the submucosal “third” space, approximately 5 cm proximal to the lower esophageal sphincter. Four distinct tissue layers ...

The cost of the POEM procedure also depends upon other factors such as the patient's conditions, the selection of rooms for hospital stays, and corporate EHS, CGHS, ESI, or cashless medical insurance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In looking at esophageal myotomies from 2012 to 2016, Zihni and colleagues identified 261 patients who were ...

United Digestive physician Daniel Mullady, MD, a gastroenterology and interventional endoscopy specialist at the Center for Digestive and Liver Health in Savannah, Ga., has completed the first peroral ...

My journey with achalasia led me to explore various treatments, from POEM to botulinum toxin injections and third space endoscopy. Along the way, I managed related conditions like dysphagia and ...

SAN DIEGO — Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) can be used to effectively treat the vast majority of patients with gastroparesis refractory to conventional therapy, two new studies show.