Jodhpur: The Gastroenterology Department of AIIMS Jodhpur has achieved a outstanding milestone by finishing 100 operations of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), a state-of-the-art process for the therapy of achalasia. This process is presently obtainable solely at AIIMS Jodhpur in Rajasthan and solely at a couple of choose centres throughout the nation.
According to Dr. Ashish Agarwal of the Department of Gastroenterology, Achalasia is a uncommon illness of the meals pipe. In which it turns into troublesome for the affected person to swallow meals and liquid. This occurs when the muscle tissues within the decrease a part of the meals pipe grow to be contracted. The meals stays within the pipe. Earlier, the therapy for this downside was solely medicines and surgical procedure. But now POEM is proving to be very efficient. It is minimally invasive, which has revolutionized the therapy of Achalasia.
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Relief given to 100 sufferers: Dr Agarwal stated that we’ve got cured 100 sufferers and supplied them reduction by way of this process. Through this endoscopic method, docs are capable of attain the meals pipe with none exterior incision and the contracted muscle tissues are rigorously flexed. This leads to rapid and vital enchancment in swallowing meals. The POEM method results in a brief restoration of the affected person. He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the institute’s director Dr Govardhan Dutt Puri and Deputy Director Administration Manunish Gupta for his or her cooperation on this achievement.
