Achalasia: What is the best treatment?

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Ahmed, Adamu ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Heller's esophagomyotomy; Pneumatic dilatation

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; SILDENAFIL;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDLINE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 60149107806     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55662     Document Type: Article

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