Long-term results of treatment of esophageal achalasia using a starck dilator

Digestion

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Gugulski, Antoni ^a   Bartnik, Witold ^a   Butruk, Eugeniusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Esophageal achalasia; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029805382     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201364     Document Type: Article

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