Pneumatic balloon dilatation in primary achalasia: The long-term follow-up results

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 62, 2005, Pages 475-480

  Boztas, Güngör ^a   Mungan, Zeynel ^a   Özdil, Sadakat ^a   Akyüz, Filiz ^a   Karaca, Çetin ^a   Demir, Kadir ^a   Kaymakoglu, Sabahattin ^a   Besisik, Fatih ^a   Çakaloglu, Yilmaz ^a   Ökten, Atilla ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Balloon dilatation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; PNEUMATIC BALLOON DILATATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144388508     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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