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Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy

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Laparoscopic Surgery of the Abdomen

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Conclusions

The past 10 years have seen a tremendous evolution in the treatment of esophageal achalasia. We believe that the results obtained by minimally invasive surgery have convincingly put to rest the controversy between pneumatic dilatation and Heller myotomy. A laparoscopic Heller myotomy and partial fundoplication should be considered today the first line of treatment for patients with achalasia, relegating pneumatic dilatation to a secondary role for failures of surgery or when adequate surgical expertise is not available.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

    Bruce V. MacFadyen Jr. MD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. General Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

    Bruce V. MacFadyen Jr. MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. St. Vincent’s Hospital and Health Center, Indianapolis, IN, 46260, USA

    Maurice E. Arregui MD (Director of Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and Endoscopy and Ultrasound) (Director of Fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and Endoscopy and Ultrasound)

  4. Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Steve Eubanks MD (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  5. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Steve Eubanks MD (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  6. Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA

    Douglas O. Olsen MD (Attending Surgeon) (Attending Surgeon)

  7. Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Jeffrey H. Peters MD (Professor) (Professor)

  8. General Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Jeffrey H. Peters MD (Professor) (Professor)

  9. Department of Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Nathaniel J. Soper MD (Professor) (Professor)

  10. Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR, 97227, USA

    Lee L. Swanström MD (Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  11. Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Legacy Health System, Portland, OR, 97227, USA

    Lee L. Swanström MD (Clinical Professor of Surgery) (Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  12. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Weston, FL, 33331, USA

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Patti, M.G., Diener, U., Pellegrini, C.A. (2004). Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy. In: MacFadyen, B.V., et al. Laparoscopic Surgery of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21780-0_4

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