Achalasia in the Context of Morbid Obesity: A Rare but Important Association

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 896-900

  Almogy, Gidon ^a   Anthone, Gary J ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Duodenal switch; Esophageal achalasia; Heller myotomy; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENAL SWITCH SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347517715     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089203322618731     Document Type: Article

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