Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia: Technique, Indication, and Outcomes

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-525

  Inoue, Haruhiro ^a   Tianle, Kris Ma ^a   Ikeda, Haruo ^a   Hosoya, Toshihisa ^a   Onimaru, Manabu ^a   Yoshida, Akira ^a   Minami, Hitomi ^a   Kudo, Shin ei ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal achalasia; Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; Peroral endoscopic myotomy; POEM

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FORCEPS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PERITONITIS; PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 82955192652     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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