Does illness severity matter? A comparison of laparoscopic esophagomyotomy with fundoplication and esophageal dilation for achalasia

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1466-1471

  Reynoso, Jason F ^a   Tiwari, Manish M ^a   Tsang, Albert W ^a   Oleynikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Digestive; Esophageal dilation; Esophageal perforation; General; Heller myotomy; Illness severity; Outcomes; Therapeutic palliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

EID: 79954426765     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1415-1     Document Type: Article

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