Does botulinum toxin injection make esophagomyotomy a more difficult operation?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 576-579

  Horgan, S ^a   Hudda, K ^a   Eubanks, T ^a   McAllister, J ^a   Pellegrini, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Botulinum toxin; Esophagomyotomy; Heller myotomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032996644     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901044     Document Type: Article

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