Transthoracic Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia: Analysis of Long-Term Results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2044-2049

  Gaissert, Henning A ^a   Lin, Ning ^a   Wain, John C ^a   Fankhauser, Grant ^a   Wright, Cameron D ^a   Mathisen, Douglas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646826336     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.039     Document Type: Article

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