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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2025; 17(9): 108639
Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.108639
Published online Sep 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.108639
Table 3 Peroral endoscopic myotomy associated adverse events
| Ref. | Year | n | Mucosal perforation | Recurrent dysphagia | Wound infection | Pneumothorax | Pneumoperitoneum | Pneumomediastinum | Pneumonia | Subcutaneous emphysema | Fever | GERD | Reflux esophagitis | Leak within the tunnel/Dehiscence at entry site | Mucosotomy |
| Bapaye et al[41] | 2023 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bi et al[28] | 2023 | 48 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caldaro et al[7] | 2015 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chen et al[50] | 2014 | 27 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | 10 | - | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Choné et al[38] | 2019 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 25 | - | - |
| Familiari et al[29] | 2013 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Filser et al[85] | 2015 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hsu et al[5] | 2023 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Hu et al[97] | 2023 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inoue et al[31] | 2010 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Kethman et al[23] | 2017 | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Li et al[87] | 2014 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Liu et al[34] | 2019 | 130 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 17 | - | - | |
| Luvsandagva et al[53] | 2024 | 12 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Mangiola et al[88] | 2018 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miao et al[33] | 2017 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| Nabi et al[42] | 2018 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nabi et al[76] | 2019 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| Nabi et al[68] | 2019 | 44 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| Nabi et al[16] | 2022 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 14 | - | - |
| Nabi et al[75] | 2017 | 502 | - | - | - | 5 | 62 | 1 | - | 106 | 1 | - | 53 | - | - |
| Nabi et al[98] | 2017 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nishimoto et al[86] | 2018 | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Petrosyan et al[4] | 2016 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Petrosyan et al[32] | 2022 | 37 | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| Pop et al[24] | 2022 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramchandani et al[47] | 2016 | 220 | 14 | - | - | 3 | 40 | - | - | 32 | - | - | 14 | - | - |
| Ren et al[69] | 2012 | 119 | - | 1 | - | 30 | 47 | 35 | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rizzo et al[14] | 2020 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saez et al[89] | 2020 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samarakkody et al[90] | 2022 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Samejima et al[54] | 2023 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Shiwaku et al[48] | 2016 | 100 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Shiwaku et al[49] | 2019 | 1300 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 173 | 1176 | - | - |
| Smirnov et al[91] | 2018 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Stavropoulos et al[92] | 2017 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tan et al[93] | 2016 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tang et al[51] | 2015 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| van Lennep et al[18] | 2019 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wood et al[52] | 2020 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Yamashita et al[94] | 2016 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yeung et al[96] | 2017 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhang et al[67] | 2016 | 1679 | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- Citation: Belimezakis N, Gianni P, Geropoulos G, Giannis D. Peroral endoscopic myotomy in children with achalasia: A review of the literature. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2025; 17(9): 108639
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v17/i9/108639.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v17.i9.108639