ASGE Weekend Endoscopy - Achalasia, POEM and Motility Disorders: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach

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Summary: The video was a live demonstration of a poem (peroral endoscopic myotomy) procedure performed by Dr. Greg Haber at the IT&T Center in Chicago. The video conference, titled ASGE Weekend Endoscopy Live, was moderated by Dr. Prateek Sharma and sponsored by Medtronic. The procedure was demonstrated on a 20-year-old woman with type 2 achalasia. Dr. Haber explained the patient's symptoms and diagnostic results, including a high-resolution manometry (HRM) study. He showed the tunneling process, the myotomy, and discussed the use of various devices and techniques during the procedure. The aim of the myotomy was to cut through the muscles of the lower esophageal sphincter to relieve the obstruction caused by achalasia. Throughout the video, other experts in gastrointestinal motility, Dr. Dustin Carlson, Dr. Caitlin Houghton, and Dr. John Clark, also provided commentary and answered questions. They discussed the options of pneumatic dilation, hellemyotomy, and poem for treating achalasia, and the potential risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) post-procedure. The video provided valuable insights into the poem procedure and offered a multidisciplinary perspective on the management of achalasia.

Keywords

poem procedure

Dr. Greg Haber

achalasia

myotomy

high-resolution manometry

gastroesophageal reflux disease

live demonstration

IT&T Center

Chicago