Surgery for Esophageal Achalasia. Long-term Results with Three Different Techniques

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 492-500

  Mattioli, Sandro ^a   Di Simone, Massimo P ^a   Bassi, Francesco ^a   Pilotti, Vladimiro ^a   Felice, Valentino ^a   Pastina, Monica ^a   Lazzari, Andrea ^a   Gozzetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophageal Achalasia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030012688     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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