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This chapter describes preoperative work-up, operative planning, and the technique of a peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia, as well as troubleshooting difficult situations.
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Hungness, E.S., El Khoury, R. (2015). Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). In: Fisichella, P., Patti, M. (eds) Atlas of Esophageal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13015-6_10
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