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 ...

It should be handled as described earlier (see "Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Partial Fundoplication, Complications"). The postoperative course of patients who have undergone this procedure is ...