Very long-term objective evaluation of Heller myotomy plus posterior partial fundoplication in patients with achalasia of the cardia

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-264

  Ortiz, Angeles ^a   De Haro, Luisa F Martinez ^a   Parrilla, Pascual ^a   Lage, Ana ^b   Perez, Domingo ^c   Munitiz, Vicente ^a   Ruiz, David ^a   Molina, Joaquín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b Allergy Section   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PH; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIA; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549156538     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318159d7dd     Document Type: Article

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