Significance of limited hiatal dissection in surgery for achalasia

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-593

  Simić, Aleksandar Petar ^a,b   Radovanović, Nebojša S ^a   Skrobić, Ognjan M ^a   Ražnatović, Zoran J ^a   Peško, Predrag M ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b NONE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal manometry; Limited hiatal dissection; Myotomy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950516609     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-1135-9     Document Type: Article

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