Achalasia - Which method of treatment to choose for senior patients?;Achalasie - welche Heilungsmethode soll für ältere Patienten gewählt werden?

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-411

  Kala, Z ^a   Weber, P ^a   Marek, F ^a   Prochazka V ^a   Meluzinova H ^a   Dolina, J ^a   Kroupa, R ^a   Hep, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Cardiomyotomy; Dysphagia; Heller; Laparoscopy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 70350120303     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-008-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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