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Cut and Tied: Esophageal Dysmotility and Epiphrenic Diverticulum Treated with Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and Septotomy

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    Sun Jung Oh, Thomas M. Runge, Mouen A. Khashab & Joshua A. Sloan

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, USA

    Thomas M. Runge

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Joshua A. Sloan

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Oh, S.J., Runge, T.M., Khashab, M.A. et al. Cut and Tied: Esophageal Dysmotility and Epiphrenic Diverticulum Treated with Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and Septotomy. Dig Dis Sci 67, 446–451 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-06914-6

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