Achalasia Treatment: Improved Outcome of Laparoscopic Myotomy with Operative Manometry

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 508-513

  Chapman, Jennifer R ^a   Joehl, Raymond J ^a,b   Murayama, Kenric M ^a   Tatum, Roger P ^a   Shi, Guoxiang ^a   Hirano, Ikuo ^a   Jones, Michael P ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^c   DeBord, James R ^c   Huntington, Thomas R ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MYOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2342557287     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.5.508     Document Type: Article

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