Treatment outcomes and esophageal cancer incidence by disease type in achalasia patients undergoing peroral endoscopic myotomy: Retrospective study
Outcomes of POEM are favorable for all disease types. After POEM, it is important not only to monitor the improvement of achalasia symptoms but also to pay attention to the occurrence of EC, especially in patients with sigmoid-type achalasia.
Authors
- Suguru Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-8197)
- Hiroshi Kusaba
- Akio Shiwaku
- Hironari Shiwaku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-3668)
- Hiroki Okada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4853-141X)
Institutions
- Fukuoka University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digestive Endoscopy
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/den.14928
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.93