REDO for ACHALASIA - interesting info from surgeon

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Hi all, I met with Barry Salky (surgeon in NYC at Mount Sinai) last week and

will be having my

redo done on June 11th. Apparently, my Dor is probably too tight and he is going

to do a

" Salky " wrap which is apparently the stomach wrapped on one side and not both,

so looser

than what I have now. He does the redo surgery laproscopically, and when I asked

him why

some surgeons prefer to do open procedures for redos, he said, lack of

experience. I know

there are some very experienced A surgeons who do open, maybe they just aren't

as

experienced with lap surgery. Anyway, he also said that they think the cause of

A is a virus

that attacks the nerves of the E. But of course, there is no definitive answer.

Just thought it

was interesting.

Wish me luck! I just had an email from another New Yorker who I met in this

board who also

needed a redo and she went to Salky in December and said she is doing great,

eating

normally.

Dayna