Clinical efficiency of POEM operation in patients with achalasia of cardias

Abstract

In Regional Clinical Hospital no. 2 POEM was performed in 47 of these patients: 24 men, 23 women aged 18 to 80 years (average age = 54.4 ± 13.8 years) for 2017–2019. According to the severity of achalasia, the patients were divided as follows: with I–II degree – 12 patients (25.5%), with II–III degree – 20 patients (42.5%), with III–IV degree – 10 patients (21.3%), with IV degree – 5 patients (10.6%). POEM results: 42 (88.4%) patients had a positive result, and 5 (11.6%) patients had a negative result.

Keywords

• сardiac achalasia
• poem
• cardiospasm
• cardiomyotomy