Clinical Outcomes and Safety of Partial Full-Thickness Myotomy versus Circular Muscle Myotomy in Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia Patients

Table 1

Preoperative patients characteristics.

Patients characteristics	Group A	Group B	value
	()	()
Age, y			0.89
Symptom duration, y			0.56
LESP (mmH2O)			0.19
IRP (mmH2O)			0.20
LES length (cm)			0.70
Prior history of treatment
Heller	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1.00
Pneumatic balloon dilation	2 (10.5%)	3 (21.4)	0.63
Botox	2 (10.5%)	1 (7.1%)	0.55
POEM	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1.00

LESP: lower esophageal sphincter pressure, IRP: integrated relaxation pressure, LES: lower esophageal sphincter, and POEM: peroral endoscopic myotomy.