Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Review Article
Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia: An Analysis Table 2 Adverse events associated with POEM.
Authors Patients (
) Adverse events*,
Additional treatment Inoue et al. [13 ] 17 1 pneumoperitoneum Veress needle Swanström et al. [14 ] 5 2 small perforations in gastric cardia Endoscopic clips von Renteln et al. [15 ] 16 6 minor cutaneous emphysema Veress needle Costamagna et al. [16 ] 11 2 small perforations at junctional flap Endoscopic clips Chiu et al. [17 ] 16 1 aspiration pneumonia Hospital admission and monitoring Hungness et al. [21 ] 18 7 capnoperitoneum Veress needle Ren et al. [25 ] 119 66 subcutaneous emphysema Zhou et al. [24 ] 12 1 small perforation at GEJ, treated with endoscopic clips Endoscopic clips Verlaan et al. [18 ] 10 No complications reported None Minami et al. [20 ] 28 1 perforation at GEJ, treated with endoscopic clips Endoscopic clips Lee et al. [19 ] 13 No complications reported None Von Renteln et al. [22 ] 70 3 clip dislocation at mucosal closure Endoscopic reclipping
includes all reported outcomes, including nonclinically significant and asymptomatic adverse events.
