Age affects presenting symptoms of achalasia and outcomes after myotomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Rakita, Steven ^a   Bloomston, Mark ^a   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Thometz, Donald ^a   Boe, Brian ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344443551     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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