Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on the Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia: A Decade of Change

Abstract

These data show that the high success rate of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia has brought a shift in practice; surgery has become the preferred treatment of most gastroenterologists and other referring physicians. This has followed documentation that laparoscopic treatment outperforms balloon dilatation and botulinum toxin injection.