Midterm follow-up evaluation after a novel approach to anterior fundoplication for achalasia

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1914-1918

  Richardson, W S ^a   Kennedy, C I ^a   Bolton, J S ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Balloon dilation; Botulinum toxin; Fundoplication; Heller myotomy; Laparoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DOR PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARTBURN; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FISTULA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOUPET PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845199232     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0227-9     Document Type: Review

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