An Antireflux Procedure Is Critical to the Long-Term Outcome of Esophageal Myotomy for Achalasia

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Peters, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035231581     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)80008-1     Document Type: Article

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