Giant epiphrenic diverticulum with achalasia occurring 20 years after Heller's operation

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 844-847

  Dobashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Goseki, Narihide ^a   Inutake, Youji ^b   Kawano, Tatsuyuki ^a   Endou, Mitsuo ^a   Nemoto, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Epiphrenic diverticulum; Heller's operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030467472     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358612     Document Type: Article

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