Patient | Duration of disease, years | Achalasia subtype | Pre-POEM Eckardt score | Post-POEM Eckardt score | Prior therapy | ASA grade | Sigmoid | Orientation of myotomy | Oesophageal myotomy length, cm | Gastric myotomy length, cm | Total myotomy length, cm |
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3 months post-POEM | |||||||||||
1 | 1.5 | II | 11 | 11 | None | II | No | Anterior | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2 | 5 | II | 6 | 6 | LHM | III | No | Posterior | 8 | 3 | 11 |
3 | 25 | II | 6 | 4 | PD | III | No | Anterior | 12 | 3 | 15 |
12–24 months post-POEM | |||||||||||
4 | 10 | II | 8 | 6 | None | II | No | Anterior | 8 | 2 | 10 |
5 | 13 | II | 8 | 5 | PD/BTX/LHM | III | Yes | Posterior | 5 | 3 | 8 |
6 | 3.5 | II | 5 | 3 | BTX | I | No | Anterior | 10 | 3 | 13 |
3 Male, 3 female; age 35–68 years
ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; BTX = botulinum toxin; LHM = laparoscopic Heller myotomy; PD = pneumatic dilatation; POEM = peroral endoscopic myotomy