Randomized Controlled Trial of Botulinum Toxin Versus Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-370

  Zaninotto, Giovanni ^a   Annese, Vito ^b   Costantini, Mario ^a   Del Genio, Alberto ^c   Costantino, Michela ^a   Epifani, Magdalena ^a   Gatto, Giovanni ^d   D'Onofrio, Vittorio ^e   Benini, Luigi ^e   Contini, Sandro ^a   Molena, Daniela ^a   Battaglia, Giorgio ^a   Tardio, Berardino ^b   Andriulli, Angelo ^b   Ancona, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d Department of Internal Medicine and Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DEGLUTITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10744226128     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000114217.52941.c5     Document Type: Article

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