Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Tu1164 EXTERNAL RADIOPAQUE MARKERS AS A GUIDE TO MAINTAIN THE CORRECT AXIS OF DISSECTION DURING SUB MUCOSAL TUNNELING, IDENTIFY ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC JUNCTION (EGJ) AND ENDPOINT OF MYOTOMY IN PER ORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY (POEM) Chandasekar S. Thoguluva, Sathiamoorthy Suriyanarayanan, Viveksandeep Thogulva Chandrasekar, Gokul J. Bollu, Raja Yogesh Kalamegam, Prasad S. Menta, Shanthi Vaidya Santharaman, Sabarinathan Ramanathan Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Volume 87, Issue 6, (June 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.2194 Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1: Barium oesophagogram showing achalasia cardia with sigmoid oesophagsus (left) and fluoroscopic image showing the three radiopaque markers placed corresponding to the mucosal incision site, EGJ and 3 cm beyond EGJ (right) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018 87, DOI: (10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.2194) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2: Table comparing the procedural details of group A and B Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018 87, DOI: (10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.2194) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions