Clinical Trial: POEM-F for Achalasia International Study
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Achalasia
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy With Fundoplication for Achalasia - an International Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary:
Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has emerged as the endoscopic treatment of choice for achalasia, offering comparable symptom relief with laparoscopic Heller's cardiomyotomy.The main concern with POEM is the higher incidence of post-procedure gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), occurring in up to 50-60% of patients.In order to reduce the risk of GERD, endoscopic fundoplication has been developed as a novel procedure mimicking surgical anterior partial fundoplication that can be performed in the same…
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