The effect of esophageal and gastric distension on the crural diaphragm

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a,d   Shafik, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Mostafa, Randa M ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; REFLEX; STOMACH DISTENSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC DILATATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; REFLEX; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 31544431770     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0282-8     Document Type: Article

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