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SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 2132-2135Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4464-7
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Therapeutical endoscopy; Endoscopic suturing; Achalasia; POEM; Myotomy closure; OverStitch
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Obtaining an adequate mucosal closure is one of the crucial steps in per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM). Thus far, there have been no objective data comparing the various available closure techniques. This case-controlled study attempts to compare the application of endoscopic clips versus endoscopic suturing for mucosotomy closure during POEM cases. A retrospective review of our prospective POEM database was performed. All cases in which endoscopic suturing was used to close the mucosotomy were matched to cases in which standard endoclips were used. Overall complication rate, closure time and mucosal closure costs between the two groups were compared. Both techniques offer good clinical results with good mucosal closure and the absence of postoperative leak. Closure time was significantly shorter (p = 0.044) with endoscopic clips (16 +/- A 12 min) when compared to endoscopic suturing (33 +/- A 11 min). Overall, the total closure cost analysis showed a trend toward lower cost with clips (1502 +/- A 849 USD) versus endoscopic suturing (2521 +/- A 575 USD) without reaching statistical significance (p = 0.073). The use of endoscopic suturing seems to be a safe method for mucosal closure in POEM cases. Closure time is longer with suturing than conventional closure with clips, and there is a trend toward higher overall cost. Endoscopic suturing is likely most cost-effective for difficult cases where conventional closure methods fail.
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