The pharyngoesophageal segment: Cervical myotomy as therapeutic principle for pharyngoesophageal disorders

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-32

  Lerut, T ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Cuypers, Ph ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Deneffe, G ^a   Migliore, M ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MYOTOMY; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0029976345     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/9.1.22     Document Type: Article

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