A physiologic clinical study of achalasia: Should Dor fundoplication be added to Heller myotomy?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1593-1600.e1

  Rice, Thomas W ^a   McKelvey, Alicia A ^a   Richter, Joel E ^a   Baker, Mark E ^a   Vaezi, Michael F ^a   Feng, Jingyuan ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a   Mason, David P ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27944465268     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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