Assessment of a pathophysiology-directed treatment for symptomatic epiphrenic diverticulum

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-327

  Reznik, S I ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Murthy, S C ^a   Mason, D P ^a   Apperson Hansen, C ^a   Blackstone, E H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Diverticulectomy; Esophageal motility; Myotomy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34447339620     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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