Achalasia Developing Years after Surgery for Reflux Disease: Case Reports, Laparoscopic Treatment, and Review of Achalasia Syndromes Following Antireflux Surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 626-631

  Poulin, Eric C ^a   Diamant, Nicholas E ^b   Kortan, Paul ^a   Seshadri, Pieter A ^a   Schlachta, Christopher M ^a   Mamazza, Joe ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Gastroesophageal reflux; Laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034329264     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80113-4     Document Type: Article

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