Laparoscopic Heller myotomy provides durable relief from achalasia and salvages failures after Botox or dilation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 725-735

  Rosemurgy, Alexander ^a,b,c   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Thometz, Donald ^a   Kalipersad, Candice ^a   Rakita, Steven ^a   Albrink, Michael ^a   Johnson, Milton ^a   Boyce, Worth ^a   Hunter, John G ^c   Vogel, Stephen B ^c   Sharp, Kenneth W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 20944449894     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000160702.31452.d5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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