Laparoscopic management of achalasia

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-222

  Esposito, Paul S ^a   Sosa, Jorge L ^b,e   Sleeman, Danny ^c   Santelices, Armando A ^d  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Laparoscopic Ctr at Hialeah Hosp   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Laparoscopic Inst of South Florida   (United States)

^e Palmetto Medical Plaza ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030984222     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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