Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia: A Review of the Controversies

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Litle, Virginia R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349118018     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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