Surgical Management for Gastroparesis

Abstract

Gastroparesis is a debilitating chronic condition of indeterminate cause. Although conservative management is the mainstay of treatment, a significant percentage of patients will need interventions. Interventions range from supportive measures, such as feeding tubes, to more radical surgeries, including endoscopic pyloromyotomy (per oral pyloromyotomy), laparoscopic pyloroplasty, laparoscopic gastric stimulator placement, and even subtotal or total gastrectomy. The authors present some current treatment algorithms focused on the treatment side of the spectrum along with outcomes data to support the various approaches.

Keywords: Endoscopy; Gastric stimulation; Gastroparesis; Laparoscopy; POP; Per oral myotomy; Pyloromyotomy; Pyloroplasty.