Cost-assessment of alternative management strategies for achalasia

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2019-2025

  Vela, Marcelo F ^a   Vaezi, Michael F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Botulinum toxin; Dysphagia; Heller myotomy; Pneumatic dilation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PLACEBO;

BALLOON DILATATION; BUDGET; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BALLOON DILATATION; BOTULINUM TOXINS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0242659151     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.4.11.2019     Document Type: Review

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