Leakage testing at the time of surgical oesophageal myotomy

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-226

  Kostic, Srdjan ^a   Lönroth, Hans ^a   Lundell, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Laparoscopy; Myotomy; Oesophageal spasms; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AIR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 4043157746     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079396     Document Type: Article

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