Successful D-POEM after failed surgical myotomy and diverticulectomy

Andrew Ross Leopold; Raymond E Kim

doi:10.1016/j.vgie.2022.02.008

Successful D-POEM after failed surgical myotomy and diverticulectomy

VideoGIE. 2022 Mar 20;7(6):211-215. doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2022.02.008. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Andrew Ross Leopold¹, Raymond E Kim^{2

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Affiliations

¹ University of Maryland Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² University of Maryland Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Department of Gastroenterology, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

Video 1Case series showing 2 patients with prior failed Heller myotomy and diverticulectomy, with subsequent success with POEM, diverticulotomy, and closure with endoscopic suturing. Case 1 also depicts closure of an esophagopleural fistula.

Keywords: BE, barium esophagram; D-POEM, peroral endoscopic myotomy with diverticulotomy; ED, epiphrenic diverticulum; EPF, esophagopleural fistula; HMD, Heller myotomy and diverticulectomy; LES, lower esophageal sphincter; endoFLIP, endoscopic functional lumen imaging probe.