Guest guest Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 When I met with my surgeon, he asked me if I had heard about POEM. Knowing I have been living with achalasia for 20 years, he thought I may have, but since I had not, he discussed it with me more to inform me about it instead of offering it. He said it is the " new thing " among some doctors, but that the number one concern with surgeons performing HMs is the risk of perforating the esophagus. In this surgery, they purposely perforate your esophagus to perform the surgery. His concern was that you then have a stitched up hole in your esophagus for the immediate future and that that location could become a weak point if you have further issues with esophageal stretching in the long run. Since achalasia never goes away, that is why he said he can't see doing the surgery in his practice, but that we will never know how good it is until data is collected. So, to those of you brave enough to try it out, thanks for being guinea pigs! I just guess I don't want to try it out yet since I feel I have so much life left to live. After all, I hope to live another 60 years if possible! (Don't know how easy that will be after 2 HMs, but I gotta try! ) H.Buffalo City, WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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