Diagnostic criteria and surgical procedure for megaesophagus - A personal experience

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Lewandowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Achalasia cardiae; Diagnostic criteria; Megaesophagus; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM BYPASS SURGERY; MALE; MEGAESOPHAGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65949104303     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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