Publications by authors named "Elie Farha"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at whether children with a condition called esophageal achalasia are at a higher risk of a serious problem (esophageal perforation) if they get a procedure called endoscopic dilatation before a different surgery called Heller myotomy.
- Researchers checked the results from 77 children who had the Heller myotomy between 2000 and 2022, and found that it didn’t matter if they had the dilatation before; the risk of esophageal perforation was the same.
- They discovered that the only real risk factor for complications after the surgery was if the doctors caused a tear in the esophagus during the procedure.
