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Stepwise Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy Procedure With Demonstration of the Critical View During the Myotomy
Ozanan R. Meireles, David W. Rattner, Smita Sihag^*
Surgery, Harvard / MGH, Boston, MA

This video demonstrates the stepwise approach to the POEM procedure and the importance of the critical view of the circular fibers and sub-mucosa during the Myotomy. Using this technique we performed completed myotomies in 5 subjects with no esophageal perforations and no mucosal injuries.

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