The effect of esophageal myotomy and myectomy on the lower esophageal sphincter pressure profile: Intraoperative computerized manometry study

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-165

  Di Martino, N ^a   Monaco, L ^a   Izzo, G ^a   Cosenza, A ^a   Torelli, F ^a   Basciotti, A ^a   Brillantino, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal manometry; Heller's myotomy; Myectomy; Vector volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH WALL;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGUS; MANOMETRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRESSURE; SWINE;

EID: 29144451365     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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