Does concomitant anterior fundoplication promote dysphagia after laparoscopic heller myotomy?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 626-633

  Tapper, Donovan ^a   Morton, Connor ^a   Kraemer, Emily ^a   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Ross, Sharona B ^a   Cowgill, Sarah M ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48549106653     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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