Redo--POEM
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Anybody has a redo-POEM done? Or get suggested?
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Posted , 2 users are following.
Anybody has a redo-POEM done? Or get suggested?
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AlanJM d69818
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Potentially, the POEM surgery might be revised with orthodox procedures, but it would be a very specialised field where experience will count for a great deal.
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AlanJM d69818
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I can understand the surgeon being cautious, which is understandable.
?I imagine that repeating the manometry and barium swallow tests would give a good indication of where the issues are occurring most recently, and how these relate to the area that was subject to the POEM procedure.
?Has your daughter suffered any reflux since the operation? One advantage of the Heller's myotomy is that it does seek to re-create the valve effect on the lower oesophageal sphincter. Another surgeon would indeed have to do this who had recent experience.
?I suppose it all depends on how the surgeon regards the prognosis for a repeat / revision POEM.