Myotomy: Follow-up study of 50 patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1326-1331

  Berch, Barry R ^a   Nava, R Dean ^a   Torquati, Alfonso ^a   Sharp, Kenneth W ^a   Richards, William O ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Dysphagia; Esophagomyotomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THORACOSCOPY;

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 28644435389     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.09.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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