13-Year follow-up of a prospective comparison of the long-term clinical efficacy of temporary self-expanding metallic stents and pneumatic dilatation for the treatment of achalasia in 120 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1429-1437

  Li, Yong Dong ^a   Tang, Guang Yu ^b   Cheng, Ying Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Ni Wei ^a   Chen, Wei Xiong ^a   Zhao, Jun Gong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Pneumatic dilation; Self expanding metallic stents

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649723344     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4407     Document Type: Article

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