Onset timing of delayed complications and criteria of follow-up after operation for esophageal achalasia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1106-1111

  Di Simone, Massimo P ^a   Felice, Valentino ^a   D'Errico, Antonia ^a   Bassi, Francesco ^a   D'Ovidio, Franco ^a   Brusori, Stefano ^a   Mattioli, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; ITALY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; CARDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; ITALY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0040159418     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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