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Disclosures

S. Stavropoulos is a consultant for Boston Scientific. H. Inoue is on the advisory board for Olympus. K.-H. Fuchs is a consultant for Olympus. L. Swanstrom received research and educational support from Olympus, is on the advisory board for Aponos and Apollo, received research and educational support from Boston Scientific, and is on the medical advisory board for Cardica. M. Vassiliou received research and educational support from Covidien. G. Haber is a consultant for Boston Scientific, Cook, ERBE, Olympus, Barrx Medical, OVESCO, and Redpath. M. Kochman is a stock shareholder in Merck, is a consultant for Cook Medical, Covidien, Olympus, Dark Canyon Labs, and Boston Scientific, and holds stock in Dark Canyon Labs. T. Savides is a consultant for Fortimedix Inc, Boston Scientific, and Given. All other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Stavros N. Stavropoulos & Rani Modayil

  2. Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA

    David J. Desilets

  3. Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, Germany

    Karl-Hermann Fuchs

  4. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Christopher J. Gostout

  5. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Gregory Haber

  6. UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Thomas Savides

  7. Department of Surgery, Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA

    Daniel J. Scott

  8. Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR, USA

    Lee L. Swanstrom

  9. MUHC, Surgery, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Melina C. Vassiliou

  10. Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

    Haruhiro Inoue

  11. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Michael L. Kochman

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Stavropoulos, S.N., Desilets, D.J., Fuchs, KH. et al. Per-oral endoscopic myotomy white paper summary. Surg Endosc 28, 2005–2019 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3630-7

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