Achalasia of the Esophagus: A Surgical Disease

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-162

  Williams, Valerie A ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL;

BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749202921     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.08.027     Document Type: Review

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