A total fundoplication is not an obstacle to esophageal emptying after heller myotomy for achalasia: Results of a long-term follow up

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 614-621

  Rossetti, Gianluca ^a,b   Brusciano, Luigi ^a   Amato, Giuseppe ^a   Maffettone, Vincenzo ^a   Napolitano, Vincenzo ^a   Russo, Gianluca ^a   Izzo, Domenico ^a   Russo, Federica ^a   Pizza, Francesco ^a   Del Genio, Gianmattia ^a   Del Genio, Alberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144364755     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000157271.69192.96     Document Type: Article

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