Table 2.
Cumulative effectiveness of surgical myotomy for achalasia.
| Author (year) | Article type | No. of patients | Type of surgery | Success (%) | Mean follow-up (yrs.) |
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| Balakrishna (2015) [15] | RCT | 62 | LMH-Dor or LMH-AOH (Angle of His accentuation) |
98.38 | 1.8 |
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| Campos (2009) [16] | Meta-analysis | 3086 | LMH, LHM-Nissen | 89 | 2.9 |
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| Falkenback (2003) [17] | RCT | 10 | LHM-Nissen | 70 | 8.0 |
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| Rebecch (2008) [18] | RCT | 138 | LHM-Nissen/Dor | 85-97 | 10.4 |
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| Rawlings (2012) [19] | RCT | 60 | LHM-Dor/Toupet | 90.9-93.1 | 1.0 |
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| Parise (2011) [20] | Retrospective study | 137 | LHM-Dor | 90 | 5.4 |
LHM: laparoscopic Heller myotomy; RCT: randomized control trial.