Selected Publications
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Kumbhari V, Khashab MA., Peroral endoscopic myotomy. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 May 16;7(5):496-509. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i5.496.
Khashab MA, Messallam AA, Onimaru M, Teitelbaum EN, Ujiki MB, Gitelis ME, Modayil RJ, Hungness ES, Stavropoulos SN, El Zein MH, Shiwaku H, Kunda R, Repici A, Minami H, Chiu PW, Ponsky J, Kumbhari V, Saxena P, Maydeo AP, Inoue H., International multicenter experience with peroral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of spastic esophageal disorders refractory to medical therapy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 May;81(5):1170-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.10.011. Epub 2015 Jan 26.
Khashab MA, El Zein M, Kumbhari V, Besharati S, Ngamruengphong S, Messallam A, Abdelgalil A, Saxena P, Tieu AH, Raja S, Stein E, Dhalla S, Garcia P, Singh VK, Pasricha PJ, Kalloo AN, Clarke JO., Comprehensive analysis of efficacy and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy performed by a gastroenterologist in the endoscopy unit: a single-center experience. Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Jan;83(1):117-25. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.06.013. Epub 2015 Jul 26.
Kumbhari V, Besharati S, Abdelgelil A, Tieu AH, Saxena P, El-Zein MH, Ngamruengphong S, Aguila G, Kalloo AN, Khashab MA., Intraprocedural fluoroscopy to determine the extent of the cardiomyotomy during per-oral endoscopic myotomy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2015;81(6):1451-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2015.01.052. Epub 2015 Apr 14.
Khashab MA, Kumbhari V, Azola A, Zein ME, Messallam AA, Abdelgelil A, Besharati S, Kalloo AN, Saxena P., Intraoperative determination of the adequacy of myotomy length during peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM): the double-endoscope transillumination for extent confirmation technique (DETECT)., Endoscopy. 2015 Oct;47(10):925-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1391900. Epub 2015 Apr 7.