A case report of Successful Laparascopic Myotomy for Achalasia / 대한흉부외과학회지

ABSTRACT

Recently, video-assisted surgical approaches for achalasia have been adopted by many surgeons. Many reports showed that the minimal invasive video-assisted operations for the achalasia revealed such good results as the conventional operations via thoracotomy. In some studies, among the minimal invasive video assisted surgeries for achalasia, the laparascopic assisted operations have some advantages mainly in respect to patient satisfaction over the thoracoscopic assisted surgeries. In this case, the patient had not responded to repeated balloon dilatation, and we made 5 small incisions over the abdominal wall and performed an esophageal myotomy and partial anterior fundoplication by laparascopic guide. The patient's symptoms were almost relieved, and the postoperative radiologic findings were satisfactory.