Wout O. Rohof

TL;DR: After 2 years of follow-up, laparoscopic Heller's myotomy, as compared with pneumatic dilation, was not associated with superior rates of therapeutic success.

TL;DR: A higher percentage of patients with type II achalasia (based on manometric tracings) are treated successfully with pneumatic dilation or laparoscopic Heller myotomy than patients with types I and III a Chalasia.

TL;DR: The European achalasia trial as mentioned in this paper evaluated whether manometric subtype was associated with response to treatment in a large population of patients treated with either pneumatic dilation (PD) or laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM), which have comparable rates of success.

TL;DR: Assessment of EGJ distensibility by EndoFLIP is a better parameter than LES pressure for evaluating efficacy of treatment for patients with achalasia and, in contrast to LESpressure, is associated with esophageal emptying and clinical response.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether assessment of the distensibility of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) is a better and more integrated parameter than LES pressure for determining efficacy of treatment for patients with achalasia.