Laparoscopic stapled cardioplasty versus Laparoscopic Heller's myotomy for achalasia with Megaesophagus: A short-term retrospective study.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202502667152610

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-18

Start date

2023-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-27

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Conditions

Digestive System

Interventions

Laparoscopic Heller myotomy

Laparoscopic stapled cardioplasty

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The study included all cardiac achalasia patients (confirmed by manometry, radiology, and endoscopy) with stage-III esophageal dilatation (Megaesophagus) [more than 6 cm in diameter] with or without sump formation (confirmed by Barium swallow) who received either LSC or LHM and completed at least 6 months of FU followed up by barium swallow and manometry.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who developed procedure-specific postoperative complications that required surgical re-intervention within the FU period and those who missed the minimum required FU were excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Dysphagia Improvement through the Eckardt symptom score, Occurrence of reflux symptoms and its degree using GERD-Q score, and Changes in the Investigations postoperatively (Barium swallow and high-resolution manometry).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
intraoperative and postoperative complications	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactAhmed Saeed Saad

Associate professor Ain shams university

ahmedsaeed@med.asu.edu.eg00201001600271

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026