Question on # of re-do Hellers a good surgeon will have done?

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Hi everyone,

I was diagnosed with Achalasia in November 2007 and had a Heller Myotomy in

January 2008. I had a check-up barium swallow earlier this year which showed

that I was having significant trouble again, which another round of motility

study and endoscopy confirmed. It looks as if my fundoplication wrap was too

tight the first time around, so I'm looking at having a re-do Heller.

My question is, the surgeon my gastroenterologist referred me to says he has

done 7 re-do Hellers. I know this is very rare, but I thought maybe a specialist

should have seen more than 7, so I called two other surgeons today, and one says

he's done between 10 and 20, and another says he has done about 25.

Has anyone here had a re-do Heller? I'd like to go with the surgeon by

gastroenterologist likes, but I'm concerned about finding someone who has done a

sufficiently large number of these surgeries.

Much thanks,

Stefanie