Gastric-emptying scintigraphy of type III hiatal hernia: A case report

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-85

  Shih, Wei Jen ^a,b,c   Milan, Primo P ^a  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying study; Gastroenterology; Gastroesophageal reflux; Hiatal hernia; Radiopharmaceuticals; Scintigraphic

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROTOMY; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 26944485201     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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