Laparoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy and Dor fundoplication for esophageal achalasia: Possible factors predicting outcome

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1240-1243

  Pechlivanides, G ^a   Chrysos, E ^a   Athanasakis, E ^a   Tsiaoussis, J ^a   Vassilakis, J S ^a   Xynos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034761852     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.11.1240     Document Type: Article

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