Pneumatic dilation in achalasia

Endoscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 526-530

  Vakil, N ^a,b   Kadakia, S ^c   Eckardt, V F ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DIATRIZOATE; POLYETHYLENE;

ASPIRATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PNEUMATIC DILATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; BALLOON DILATATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038042002     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39668     Document Type: Short Survey

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