Gastroesophageal reflux after combined lower esophageal sphincter and diaphragmatic crural sling inactivation in the rat

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2283-2289

  Montedonico, Sandra ^a   Diez Pardo, Juan A ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crural sling; Gastroesophageal barrier; Lower esophageal sphincter; Manometry; Myectomy; Myotomy; pH metry; Rat; Reflux

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032756650     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026665022685     Document Type: Article

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