After a laparoscopic Heller myotomy, the hospital stay is only 1 or 2 days; there is no need for a chest tube, and patients are more comfortable. Because of these drawbacks, left thoracoscopic ...

A laparoscopic Heller myotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat achalasia, a condition in which the esophagus doesn't push food and liquid into the stomach effectively and the lower esophageal ...

Preoperative evaluation is essentially the same as that for laparoscopic Heller myotomy. The patient is placed under general anesthesia and intubated with a double-lumen endotracheal tube so that ...