Comparison between subjective and objective assessment of the long-term results after the Heller-Dor operation in patients affected by oesophageal achalasia

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 544-551

  Mattioli, S ^a,b   Ruffato, A ^a,b   Di Simone, M P ^b   Lugaresi, M L ^a,b   D'Ovidio, F ^a,b  

^a Villa Maria Cecilia and San Pier Damiano Hospitals   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Health Related Quality of Life; Heller Dor operation; Long term outcome

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748489745     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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