Pediatric anesthesia and achalasia: 10 years’ experience in peroral endoscopy myotomy management

Abstract Background Endoscopic treatment for achalasia (POEM) is a recently introduced technique that incorporates the concepts of natural orifice transluminal surgery. Although pediatric achalasia is rare, POEM has been episodically used in children since 2012. Despite this procedure entails many i...

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Main Authors: Fabio Sbaraglia, Pietro Familiari, Federica Maiellare, Marco Mecarello, Annamaria Scarano, Demetrio Del Prete, Rosa Lamacchia, Federica Antonicelli, Marco Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158-022-00054-7