As I have been recently diagnosed with Achalasia, I am doing research on the surgical proceedure. As I have been going through all the threads on this website I encountered a description of a laprascopic heller myotomy done through just one insicion–at the belly button. Does this really exist? And can the surgeon do a Dor Funduplication this way? I also have run across descriptions of two laprascopic versions of the myotomy; trans-thoracic with (?) five chest incisions or trans-abdominal with (?) two or three incisions. Can anybody confirm this? And how big are the incisions and where are they placed? Which is better?
Hey all you post Myotomy fellow Achalasians, I need your help and advice!