Objective assessment of gastroesophageal reflux after extended Heller myotomy and total fundoplication for achalasia with the use of 24-hour combined multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH monitoring (MII-pH)

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 664-667

  del Genio, Gianmattia ^a,b   Tolone, S ^a   Rossetti, G ^a   Brusciano, L ^a   Pizza, F ^a   del Genio, F ^a   Russo, F ^a   Di Martino, M ^a   Lucido, F ^a   Barra, L ^a   Maffettone, V ^a   Napolitano, V ^a   del Genio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Heller myotomy; Impedance; pH monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 49749106676     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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