The role of esophageal motility and hiatal hernia in esophageal exposure to acid

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 914-920

  Xenos, E S ^a  

^a Lincoln County Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal motility; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Hiatal hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036267786     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8208-5     Document Type: Article

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