Self-expandable metal stent placement in a child for treatment of achalasia after failed Heller myotomy
Background and study aims Childhood achalasia treatment remains inconclusive.What is next after myotomy failure? 15-eg1053cl Repeated pneumatic-dilation put patients at greater risk of perforation with possible symptom recurrence.We report on a 12-year-old patient with a 1-year history of achalasia whom underwent Heller myotomy with fundoplication