Efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal diverticula.

ABSTRACT: Background and study aims  Epiphrenic diverticula are rare and mainly occur in patients with underlying esophageal motility disorders. The current standard treatment is surgical diverticulectomy often combined by myotomy and is associated with significant adverse event (AE) rates. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy in reducing esophageal symptoms in patients with esophageal diverticula. Patients and methods  We performed a retrospective cohort study including patients with an esophageal diverticulum who underwent POEM between October 2014 and December 2022. After informed consent, data were extracted from medical records and patients completed a survey by telephone. The primary outcome was treatment success, defined as E

SUBMITTER: Wessels EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10219786 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature