Laparoscopic Myotomy

Operative Techniques in General Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Campos, Guilherme M ^a   Ciovica, Ruxandra ^a   Takata, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33845290200     PISSN: 1524153X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.optechgensurg.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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