Heller Myotomy

[Guest guest]

Hello to everyone;

I have had the surgery for achalasia, heller myotomy. In the last

couple of months I have had difficulty swallowing (again). Has anyone

that has had this procedure ever had to have the procedure done again?

Or had difficulty swallowing after the procedure?

Thanks for your feedback.

[Guest guest]

Tonia, so sorry for the bad experience at Cleveland.

Dr. Marco Patti is in Chicago, and Dr. Fuller at Cedars. Also the one

mentioned a few times at Emory in Atlanta, Dr. . 's

doctor......oops name excapes right now, but I am sure she'll be glad to post

it.

Hugs

Maggie

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[Guest guest]

Yes, you can do an Advanced Search at Google Scholar, putting DeMeester, T

as the author and " achalasia " in the title line, to find articles that he

has published reporting on his experience with achalasia in the past.

http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en & lr=

If a doctor has published multiple articles that have " achalasia " in the

title, it suggests that they are highly experienced.

This brings up several articles, including " Symptomatic outcome after Heller

myotomy and Dor versus Toupet fundoplication for achalasia " published in the

journal Gastroenterology in 2003. Unfortunately this one is not available

online for free, but you could ask Dr. DeMeester to email you a copy.

Another is " An Improved Method of Assessing Esophageal Emptying Using the

Timed Barium Study Following Surgical Myotomy for Achalasia, " published in

the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery in 2008.

in PA

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From: " benoticed1 " <benoticed1@...>

Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:20 PM

<achalasia >

Subject: Heller Myotomy

> I was recently cofirmed as having achalasia. I saw Dr. Tom Demeester at

> USC University Hospital in Los Angeles California. He recommended Heller

> Myotomy with Dor fundoplication this fall. Has anyone seen Dr. Tom

> Demeester as a patient? I am curious if there is anyway of finding the

> number of Heller Myotomy a specialist like Dr. Demeester has perfomed.

> They told me at my appointment that he has performed numerous of this

> procedure. I just wanted to verify, before my surgery or if you guys have

> any thoughts on this?

> Much Thanks and God Bless.

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