Surgical management of hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter with dysphagia or chest pain

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 990-996

  Tamhankar, Anand P ^a   Almogy, Gideon ^a   Arain, Mustafa A ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^a   Hagen, Jeffrey A ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Sillin, Lelan F ^a   DeMeester, Steven R ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflux surgery; Dysphagia; Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744231621     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.09.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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