Successful treatment of esophageal achalasia with laparoscopic heller myotomy and toupet fundoplication

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 709-714

  Vogt, Diana ^a   Curet, Myriam ^a   Pitcher, David ^a   Josloff, Robert ^a   Milne, Robert L ^a   Zucker, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031470759     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00197-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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