Outcomes of treatment of childhood achalasia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1173-1177

  Lee, Constance W ^a   Kays, David W ^a   Chen, Mike K ^a   Islam, Saleem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal dilation; Heller myotomy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953840979     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.086     Document Type: Article

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