Long-term outcomes confirm the superior efficacy of extended Heller myotomy with Toupet fundoplication for achalasia

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Wright, A S ^a   Williams, C W ^a   Pellegrini, C A ^a   Oelschlager, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Clinical papers trials research; Esophageal; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247556052     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9165-9     Document Type: Review

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