Esophageal pneumatic dilation for postfundoplication dysphagia: Safety, efficacy, and predictors of outcome

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2986-2991

  Hui, J M ^a   Hunt, D R ^a   De Carle, D J ^a   Williams, R ^a   Cook, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036895977     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05532-6     Document Type: Article

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