Laparoscopic re-operation for failed Heller myotomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-199

  Iqbal, A ^a   Tierney, B ^a   Haider, M ^a   Salinas, V K ^a   Karu, A ^a   Turaga, K K ^a   Mittal, S K ^a   Filipi, C J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

daVinci robot; Heller myotomy; Laparoscopic; Re operation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOTOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646774645     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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