100 Consecutive minimally invasive heller myotomies: Lessons learned

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 631-639

  Sharp, Kenneth W ^a   Khaitan, Leena ^a   Scholz, Stefan ^a   Holzman, Michael D ^a   Richards, William O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY;

BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036233809     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200205000-00004     Document Type: Article

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