Peroral endoscopic myotomy for treatment of achalasia in a patient with congenital osteogenesis imperfecta and scoliosis.

Endoscopy

Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Published: December 2023

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