Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy Is Feasible and Safe in a Gastric Bypass Population

BACKGROUND: Obesity is public health problem of epidemic proportions. Esophageal dysmotility including achalasia is more commonly seen in an obese population. Standard therapy for achalasia can be complicated by hepatomegaly and a post-surgical anatomy in a pre- and post-bariatric population. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has not been adequately studied in this population.

METHODS: A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database was completed. Patients who had undergone a Roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) prior to or following a POEM were enrolled. Patient demographics, operative information and post-operative course data was collected.

RESULTS: Six patients underwent POEM prior to or after RYGB. There were no peri-operative complications with an average length of stay of 1.2 days. Five patients experienced a clinical success with excellent symptom resolution. The one failure was in the setting of type III achalasia, but did have objective evidence of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation post-operatively.

CONCLUSION: POEM in the setting of bariatric surgery is safe and feasible. The potential increase in GERD following POEM is obviated by RYGB anatomy. In an obese individual, a staged POEM prior to or following a RYGB is an appropriate treatment algorithm for obese and achalasia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Obesity surgery - 29(2019), 11 vom: 18. Nov., Seite 3523-3526

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bashir, Umair [VerfasserIn]
El Abiad, Rami [VerfasserIn]
Gerke, Henning [VerfasserIn]
Keech, John [VerfasserIn]
Parekh, Kalpaj [VerfasserIn]
Nau, Peter [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Achalasia
Bariatric surgery
Journal Article
POEM

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Date Completed 26.05.2020

Date Revised 09.01.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11695-019-04026-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298312050