Pneumatic balloon dilation therapy is as effective as esophagomyotomy for achalasia

Dysphagia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Emami, Mohammad Hassan ^a,b   Raisi, Mostafa ^b   Amini, Jaleh ^b   Tabatabai, Abbas ^a   Haghighi, Mehran ^a   Tavakoli, Hamid ^a,b   Hashemi, Mozafar ^a   Fude, Mehdi ^a   Farajzadegan, Ziba ^a,b   Goharian, Vahid ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Poursina Hakim Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Efficacy; Pneumatic balloon dilation; Surgical myotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44549083503     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-007-9115-2     Document Type: Article

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