The POEM procedure is performed to treat the swallowing disorder known as achalasia. Achalasia is a disorder of motility in the esophagus in which the esophagus has lost its normal ability to move ...

A new minimally-invasive procedure called Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) will help people with "jackhammer esophagus," a condition that occurs when they esophagus doesn't open properly making it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A second endoscope was useful for ensuring a complete gastric myotomy during peroral endoscopic myotomy, or POEM ...

Sven Hida, MD, a gastroenterologist who recently joined Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, performed the hospital’s first peroralendoscopic myotomy procedure, according to HealthCanal. 1. The ...

UAB Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery Assistant Professor Kristen Wong, M.D., and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Assistant Professor Sergio Sanchez-Luna, M.D., recently joined UAB ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Imagine if you felt like you were going to choke every time you ate food or drank liquid? That's what people with a condition called achalasia have to deal with daily. Now ...

(MENAFN- Prime Advertising LLC) First private hospital in Oman to offer groundbreaking Third Space Endoscopy procedures such as POEM, EFTR, ESD, and STER. Muscat, Oman – September 22, 2024: Aster ...

WASHINGTON — With 39% of patients denied coverage of per oral endoscopic myotomy and required to undergo laparoscopic Heller myotomy to treat functional esophageal outflow obstruction despite mounting ...

Sponsored FOY G-POEM Procedure Helps Patients Eat Foods They Love Sunil Amin, M.D., a gastroenterologist at UHealth, the University of Miami Health System, explains what gastroparesis is and how a ...

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center is one of five institutions nationwide performing a novel scarless procedure that restores swallowing function in some patients with achalasia ...