Journal of Medical Insight 2373-6003 JoMI Boston, Massachusetts 18 10.24296/jomi/18 Research article Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Partial Fundoplication for Achalasia Fisichella Marco Fisichella MD, MBA, FACS 2024 2024 10 2017 Journal of Medical Insight 2017 You may create an account, or sign in to gain temporary access for evaluation purposes. To maintain access: please let your librarian know you would like a subscription or send us an email at subscribe@jomi.com and we will forward your feedback to your librarian. Content is available at https://jomi.com/article/18/laparoscopic-heller-myotomy-and-partial-fundoplication-for-achalasia

The gold standard for achalasia is surgical correction via laparoscopic Heller myotomy with a partial fundoplication. The goal of this technical report is to illustrate our preferred approach to patients with achalasia and to provide the reader with a detailed description of our operative technique, its rationale, and our preoperative and postoperative management.

 heller myotomy fundoplication heller myotomy achalasia swallowing esophagus Laparoscopic Elective Advanced Adult Adhesiolysis Rare Indication NA