Long myotomy of the esophagus and gastric cardia with a complete fundic patch procedure for diffuse esophageal spasm

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 60, 2004, Pages 1729-1731

  Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Miyazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Masuda, Norihiro ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Kusano, Motoyasu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse esophageal spasm; Fundic patch procedure; Long myotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSE ESOPHAGUS SPASM; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH FUNDUS PATCH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TISSUE GRAFT;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6344282269     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Traube M, Albibi R, McCallum RW: High-amplitude peristaltic esophageal contractions associated with chest pain. JAMA 1983; 250:2655-2659.
2. Swamy N: Esophageal spasm: clinical and manometric response to nitroglycerin and long acting nitrates. Gastroenterology 1977; 72:23-27.
3. Richiter JE, Dalton CB, Bruice RG, Castell DO: Nifedipine: a potent inhibitor of contractions in the body of the human esophagus: studies in healthy volunteers and patients with the nutcrackeresophagus. Gastroenterology 1985; 89:549-554.
4. Patti MG, Pellegrini CA, Arcerito M, Tong J, Mulvihill SJ, Way LW: Comparison of medical and minimally invasive surgical therapy for primary esophageal motility disorders. Arch Surg 1995; 130:609-615.
5. Eypasch EP, MeMeester TR, Klingmen RR, Stein HJ: Physiologic assessment and surgical management of diffuse esophageal spasm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104:859-869.
6. Maher JW, Hocking MP, Woodward ER: Long-term follow-up of the combined fundic patch fundoplication for treatment of longitudinal peptic strictures of the esophagus. Ann Surg 1981; 194:64-69.