First European human gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy, for treatment of refractory gastroparesis

Jean‐Michel Gonzalez, Geoffroy Vanbiervliet, Véronique Vitton, Alban Benezech, Valentin Lestelle, Jean–Charles Grimaud, Marc Barthet

Endoscopy · 2015 · 46 citations · 9 references

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We have therefore carried out G-POEM in a 51-year-old diabetic woman who suffered from disabling and refractory clinical gastroparesis; this was confirmed with by gastric emptying scintigraphy that showed an increased gastric emptying half-time.

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