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JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
卷 26, 期 1, 页码 64-69出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-021-05098-8
关键词
Achalasia; Recurrent achalasia; Pneumatic dilation; Heller myotomy
资金
- Universita degli Studi di Milano within the CRUI-CARE Agreement
- AIRES (Associazione Italiana Ricerca ESofago)
Revisional therapy for esophageal achalasia after failed Heller myotomy is feasible, safe, and effective in specialized and multidisciplinary centers. Following revisional therapy, patients experienced a significant improvement in symptoms with a low overall complication rate.
Purpose Symptom recurrence after initial surgical management of esophageal achalasia occurs in 10-25% of patients. The aim of this study was to analyze safety and efficacy of revisional therapy after failed Heller myotomy (HM). Methods A retrospective review of a prospective database was performed searching for patients with recurrent symptoms after primary surgical therapy for achalasia. Patients with previously failed HM were considered for the final analysis. The Foregut questionnaire, and the Atkinson and Eckardt scales were used to assess severity of symptoms. Objective investigations routinely included upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and barium swallow study. Redo treatments consisted of endoscopic pneumatic dilation (PD), laparoscopic HM, hybrid Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, or stapled cardioplasty. A yearly clinical and endoscopic follow-up was scheduled in all patients. Results Over a 20-year period, 26 patients with a median age of 66 years (IQR 19.5) underwent revisional therapy after failed HM for achalasia at a tertiary-care university hospital. The median time after index procedure was 10 years (IQR 21). Revisional therapy consisted of endoscopic pneumatic dilation (n=13), laparoscopic HM and fundoplication (n=10), esophagectomy (n=2), and stapled cardioplasty and fundoplication (n=1). Nine (34.6%) of these patients required further endoscopic or surgical treatments. There was no mortality, and the overall complication rate was 7.7%. At a median follow-up of 42 months (range 10-149), a significant decrease of dysphagia, regurgitation, chest pain, respiratory symptoms, and median Eckardt score (p<0.05) was noted. Conclusion In specialized and multidisciplinary centers, revisional therapy for achalasia is feasible, safe, and effective.
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