Belopolsky Y, Puli SR. Water-jet vs traditional triangular tip knife in peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal dysmotility: A systemic review and meta-analysis. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2022; 14(10): 608-615 [PMID: 36303808 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i10.608]
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Yuliya Belopolsky, MD, Academic Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, One Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61605, United States. yuliya.belopolsky@yahoo.com
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 16, 2022; 14(10): 608-615 Published online Oct 16, 2022. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v14.i10.608
Water-jet vs traditional triangular tip knife in peroral endoscopic myotomy for esophageal dysmotility: A systemic review and meta-analysis
Yuliya Belopolsky, Srinivas R Puli
Yuliya Belopolsky, Srinivas R Puli, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL 61605, United States
Author contributions: Belopolsky Y and Puli SR contributed equally and substantially to the conception and design of the work, analysis, acquisition, interpretation of data for the work, and drafting the work and revising for important intellectual content; Belopolsky Y and Puli SR agree to be accountable for all aspects of work in ensuring questions related to accuracy and integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved; all authors wrote, read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Yuliya Belopolsky, MD, Academic Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, One Illini Drive, Peoria, IL 61605, United States. yuliya.belopolsky@yahoo.com
Received: April 6, 2022 Peer-review started: April 6, 2022 First decision: May 31, 2022 Revised: July 3, 2022 Accepted: September 6, 2022 Article in press: September 6, 2022 Published online: October 16, 2022
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Peroral endoscopic myotomy is an increasingly used less invasive modality to treat esophageal dysmotility. Recently, triangular tip knife with integrated water jet function has been introduced to mitigate multiple instrument exchanges.
AIM
To compare traditional triangular tip knife and water jet knife in terms of procedural success, duration, instrument exchanges, coagulation forceps use, and adverse events.
METHODS
We conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis with two authors independently in electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library) from inception through May 2021. In addition, we conducted a relevant search by Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) (https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com). A fixed-effects model was used to calculate weighted mean, odds ratio (OR), and confidence intervals (CI).
RESULTS
We included 7 studies involving 558 patients. Triangular knife and water jet knife were similar in odds of procedural success with ratio of 4.78 (95%CI = 0.22-102.47) and odds of clinical success with ratio of 0.93 (95%CI = 0.29-2.97), respectively. Water jet knife had fewer instrument exchanges compared to triangular knife (2.21, 95%CI = 1.98-2.45 vs 11.9, 95%CI = 11.15-12.70) and usage of coagulation forceps (1.75, 95%CI = 1.52-1.97 vs 2.63, 95%CI = 2.37-2.89). Adverse events were higher in triangular knife group (OR: 2.30, 95%CI = 1.35-3.95).
CONCLUSION
Peroral endoscopic myotomy using water jet knife is comparable in terms of procedural success to triangular tip knife. Water jet knife also required shorter procedural duration, less instrument exchanges, coagulation devices, and overall adverse events.
Core Tip: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has gained traction due to its novel technique of preserving the mucosal layer while working in the submucosa and minimizing risk of leakage of contents into the mediastinum. It hails comparable efficacy and safety data to the standard surgical therapy of laparoscopic Heller myotomy in short term follow up studies. The major steps of POEM are similar among centers, including small mucosal incision, submucosal tunneling, myotomy, and mucosal closure. Within these individual steps, many tools and variations exist to achieve the result. Recently, an innovative water-jet integrated triangular tip knife (WJ) has been devised in order to improve procedural time with less instrument changes, as well as minimize adverse events. There have been several studies comparing the conventional triangular tip knife and WJ and suggesting that WJ can achieve similar clinical and procedural success rate, but with lower adverse effects, instrument changes, and intra-procedural coagulation devices. This is the first meta-analysis to compare the two instruments.
