Restoration of normal distensive characteristics of the esophagogastric junction after fundoplication

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Pandolfino, John E ^a   Curry, Jennifer ^a   Shi, Guoxiang ^a   Joehl, Raymond J ^a   Brasseur, James G ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; LIQUID E Z;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BAROSTAT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21444436156     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000167868.44211.f0     Document Type: Article

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