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Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treating Achalasia and Esophageal Motility Disorders

Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is the application of esophageal myotomy to the concept of natural orifice transluminal surgery (NOTES) by utilizing a submucosal tunneling method. Since the first case of POEM was performed for treating achalasia in Japan in 2008, this procedure is being more widel...

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Autores principales: Youn, Young Hoon, Minami, Hitomi, Chiu, Philip Wai Yan, Park, Hyojin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4699718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26717928
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm15191