Functional analysis of long-term outcome after Heller's myotomy for achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Yu, L ^a   Li, J ^a   Wang, T ^b   Zhang, Y ^a   Krasna, M J ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Thoracic Surgery   (China)

^c St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Function; Myotomy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958539472     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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