Longitudinal myotomy of the oesophagus under thoracoscopy, a successful alternative treatment of diffuse oesophageal spasm;Thorakoskopische langsymotomie des osophagus: Erfolgreiche therapiealternative bei diffusion osophagusspasmus

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 455-458

  Hagemann, Dirk ^a   Bauer, K H ^a   Kemen, M ^a   Schmidt, W E ^a   Adamek, R J ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0034646526     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024262     Document Type: Article

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