Laparoscopic repair of late perforation following Heller myotomy due to overeating
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Alexandros Charalabopoulos; Antonia Meropouli; Spyridon Davakis; Athanasios Syllaios; Eustratia Mpaili
- Source
- Ann R Coll Surg Engl
Europe PubMed Central
- Subject
- Myotomy
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Oesophageal perforation
Time Factors
medicine.medical_treatment
Perforation (oil well)
Achalasia
Heller Myotomy
030230 surgery
Hyperphagia
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Postoperative Complications
Pneumoperitoneum
medicine
Humans
Laparoscopy
Heller myotomy
Esophageal Perforation
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Suture Techniques
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Esophageal Achalasia
Treatment Outcome
Online Case Report
Complication
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy
- Language
- English
Laparoscopic Heller myotomy is the mainstay surgical treatment of oesophageal achalasia and has proven to be safe and effective over the course of time. Oesophageal perforation after myotomy can be a serious complication with devastating outcomes. Most commonly, mucosal perforation are detected intraoperatively or early postoperatively. We present an extremely rare case of late oesophageal perforation in a 28-year-old man treated with laparoscopic Heller myotomy for type II oesophageal achalasia, and its successful minimally invasive repair with laparoscopic primary suturing.