Technique and follow-up of minimally invasive Heller myotomy for achalasia

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-401

  Iqbal, A ^a   Haider, M ^a   Desai, K ^b   Garg, N ^a   Kavan, J ^a   Mittal, S ^a   Filipi, C J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Da Vinci; Esophagogram; Heller myotomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARTBURN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944468225     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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