Video-assisted thoracoscopic resection of an epiphrenic diverticulum with esophagomyotomy and partial fundoplication

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-148

  Saw, Eng C ^a,b   McDonald, Thomas P ^b   Kam, Nathan T ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal diverticulum; Esophagogastric junction; Vagus nerve; Video thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL STAPLING; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031979694     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199804000-00014     Document Type: Article

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