Guest guest Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 At 16, your son and his esophagus may be nearly adult size. The surgeon will take his future growth into consideration. My son had laparoscopic surgery with Dr. Rice of Cleveland Clinic (ricet@...) at age 14, and he is doing well at age 19. In Pittsburgh, Dr. Luketich (luketichjd@upmc_edu) is a highly experienced laparoscopic surgeon for achalasia. In Hershey, Dr. Haluck (rhaluck@...) would also be fine. (We also consulted with Dr. Richter, who is not a surgeon.) in PA -------------------------------------------------- From: " Rajeev Rajput " <rajpura@...> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:14 AM <achalasia > Subject: (unknown) > My son who is 16 years old was diagnosed with Achlasia after the > " manometry " test. He has been referred to Dr Ritchler, Temple Univ, PA. My > understanding is that he does not do laproscopic surgery. Can someone > PLEASE advise the name of surgeon who has done laproscopic surgery for > kids/teens > Thanks > Raj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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