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How do you manage a patient in his 90s with achalasia type 1 and an Eckardt Symptom Score of >6 who is not a Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) candidate?

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Gastroenterology · CUMC
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I do not think POEM is out of the question, but if he is a poor surgical candidate, then I would trial a course of Botox injection into the LES. Hope that helps.

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