Manometric assessment of Heller-Dor operation for esophageal achalasia

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 160-166

  Pandolfo, Nicola ^a   Bortolotti, Mauro ^b   Spigno, Luca ^a   Bozzano, P Luigi ^a   Mattioli, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophagus; Manometry; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029913435     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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