A Single Institution's Experience with More than 500 Laparoscopic Heller Myotomies for Achalasia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a   Morton, Connor A ^a   Rosas, Melissa ^a   Albrink, Michael ^a   Ross, Sharona B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CAPNOTHORAX; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; ILEUS; LAPARO ENDOSCOPIC SINGLE SITE HELLER MYOTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952303997     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.01.035     Document Type: Article

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