Esophageal Achalasia in the Veneto Region: Epidemiology and Treatment

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-428

  Gennaro, Nicola ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^b   Gallo, Costantino ^a   Rocchietto, Stefano ^c   Caruso, Valentina ^c   Costantini, Mario ^d   Salvador, Renato ^d   Ruol, Alberto ^d   Zaninotto, Giovanni ^c  

^a Health Agency of the Veneto Region   (Italy)

^b ULSS 15   (Italy)

^c Santi Giovanni e Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Heller's myotomy; Incidence; Pneumatic dilation; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BALLOON DILATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952069585     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1392-7     Document Type: Article

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