title: Peroral endoscopic myotomy for an achalasia patient with multiple esophageal diverticula.
abstract: Peoral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has been proved to be safe and effective for treating achalasia, however the presence of esophageal diverticulum would increase the technical difficulty. In this letter, we firstly report a case regarding POEM for achalasia with concomitant multiple esophageal diverticulums.
authors.affiliation: The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, .
authors.forename: Yuyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University.
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South Unive, China.
authors.forename: Deliang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D045723:Diverticulosis, Esophageal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged