Can thoracoscopic heller's myotomy give equivalent results to the more usual laparoscopic heller's myotomy in thetreatment of achalasia?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-81

  Hughes, Michael J ^a   Chowdhry, Mohammed F ^a   Walker, William S ^a  

^a Royal Infrmary of Edinburgh ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Dysphagia; Outcome; Refux; Thoracoscopic laparoscopic heller myotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY; THORACOSCOPY;

BENCHMARKING; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; THORACOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959647157     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2011.268169     Document Type: Article

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