Effect of laparoscopic esophagomyotomy on chest pain associated with achalasia and prediction of therapeutic outcomes

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1048-1053

  Omura, Nobuo ^a   Kashiwagi, Hideyuki ^a   Yano, Fumiaki ^a   Tsuboi, Kazuto ^a   Ishibashi, Yoshio ^a   Hoshino, Masato ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Chest pain; Esophageal clearance; Myotomy; Timed barium esophagogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79954445189     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1314-5     Document Type: Article

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