Reflux after per-oral endoscopic myotomy: Do we have a solution?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Upper GI and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Editorial

Philip W Y Chiu. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;34(12):2055-2056.

doi: 10.1111/jgh.14956.

¹ Division of Upper GI and Metabolic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

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Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for esophageal achalasia.
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