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The most common symptom was chronic vomiting, in all patients (100%), followed by weight loss in 10 (71.4%), cough in 6 (42.9%), dysphagia in 5 (35.7%) and chest pain in 3 (21.4%). The mean duration of symptoms until diagnosis was 36.3 \u00b1 29.1 months. Three patients underwent an open Heller myotomy (HM) and 11 laparoscopic HM (LHM) including three conversions. The reasons for conversion were mucosal perforation in two cases and liver bleeding in one patient. The mean operating time and the average length of postoperative stay in the patients of LHM group were, respectively, 2.0 \u00b1 0.7 h and 4 \u00b1 1.5 days. The mean follow-up was 43.2 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The diagnosis of OA in children is based on clinical arguments and especially on the barium oesophagram findings. 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