Thoracoscopy-assisted Heller myotomy for the treatment of achalasia: Results of a minimally invasive technique

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-392

  Kesler, Kenneth A ^a   Tarvin, Stacey E ^b   Brooks, Jo Ann ^b   Rieger, Karen M ^b   Lehman, Glen A ^b   Brown, John W ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIA; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0442293384     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.06.018     Document Type: Article

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