The value of scoring achalasia: A comparison of current systems and the impact on treatment - The surgeons viewpoint

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-331

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Junginger, Th ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM STAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECKARDT SCORE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; MYOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTRAPPEN CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248590609     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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