The efficacy of dilatation in the primary treatment of achalasia: Results of a prospective study;DILATATIONSBEHANDLUNG DER ACHALASIE ALS INITIALTHERAPIE. ERGEBNISSE EINER PROSPEKTIVEN STUDIE

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Pratschner, Th ^a   Schiessel, R ^b   Stacher, M ^a   Feil, W ^b   Schemper, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Chirurgische Abteilung des SMZ Ost   (Austria)

Author keywords

achalasia; dilatation therapy; prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029971619     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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