Pneumatic dilation versus laparoscopic heller's myotomy for idiopathic achalasia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1807-1816

  Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^a,b   Annese, Vito ^c   Des Varannes, Stanislas Bruley ^e   Chaussade, Stanislas ^f   Costantini, Mario ^d   Cuttitta, Antonello ^c   Elizalde, J Ignasi ^g   Fumagalli, Uberto ^h   Gaudric, Marianne ^f   Rohof, Wout O ^a   Smout, André J ⁱ   Tack, Jan ^b   Zwinderman, Aeilko H ^a   Zaninotto, Giovanni ^d   Busch, Olivier R ^a   Lei, A ^j   Bartelsman, J ^j   Hirsch, D ^j   Klinkenberg Knol, E C ^j   Cuesta, M A ^j   Simmermacher, R K ^j   Kuipers, E J ^j   Bonjer, H J ^j   Masclee, A A ^j   Ringers, J ^j   Lerut, A ^j   Metman, E H ^j   Huten, N ^j   Letessier, E ^j   Dousset, B ^j   Pera, M ^j   Perez de la Serna, J ^j   Malesci, A ^j   Andriulli, A ^j   Scaramuzzi, G ^j   De Santo, E ^j   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Cochin University Hospital ^*  (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMATIC DILATATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79955918911     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1010502     Document Type: Article

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