Early experience with use of an endoscopic “hot” scissor-type knife for myotomy during per-oral endoscopic myotomy procedure

Background and Aims: Current devices used for per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) function predominantly to either cut tissue or coagulate vessels. When bleeding vessels are encountered within the submucosa or muscle, dedicated coagulation grasping devices are often necessary. An endoscopic “hot” sci...

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Main Authors: Toshitaka Shimizu, MD, Kyle J. Fortinsky, MD, Kenneth J. Chang, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:VideoGIE
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468448119300013