Long-term Results of Conventional Myotomy in Patients With Achalasia: A Prospective 20-Year Analysis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1400-1408

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Junginger, Theodor ^a   Eckardt, Volker F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achalasia; basis for assessing the laparoscopic procedure; conventional myotomy; prospective 20 year analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY MASS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; BODY MASS INDEX; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845526958     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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