Laparoscopic heller myotomy with dor fundoplication for achalasia: Long-term outcomes and effect on chest pain

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Sasaki, A ^a   Obuchi, T ^a   Nakajima, J ^a   Kimura, Y ^a   Koeda, K ^a   Wakabayashi, G ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Chest pain; Dor fundoplication; Heller myotomy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOR FUNDOPLICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958608831     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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