Effects of pneumatic dilation and myotomy on esophageal function and morphology in patients with achalasia

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-131

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^a   Eckardt, Volker F ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CHILD; DYSPHAGIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22844444594     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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