Idiopathic (primary) achalasia: a review

Table 2 Long-term result of laparoscopic myotomy with fundoplications

Study	Method	Method of surgery	Number of patients enrolled	Length of follow-up	Good to excellent response	GERD^a complication
Bessell et al. [126]	Prospective	Laparoscopic HM^b	167	5 years	77 %	Not mentioned
Vella et al. [99],	Retrospectivecohort	88 % Laparoscopic and 12 % open HM	73	6 years	57 %	36 %
Dang et al. [127]	Retrospective	81 % Laparoscopic and 9 % open HM	22	3 years	76 %	Not mentioned
Raiser et al. [128]	Retrospective	Laparoscopic or thoracoscopic HM	35	1-4 years	97 %	Not mentioned
Hunt et al. [129]	Retrospective	Laparoscopic HM	70	2.9 years	81 %	4.5 %
Frantzides et al. [130]	Retrospective	Laparoscopic HM	53	3 years	92 %	9 %
Zaninotto et al. [131]	Prospective	Laparoscopic HM	100	2 y	92 %	7 %

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