Laparoscopic Dor versus Toupet fundoplication following Heller myotomy for achalasia: Results of a multicenter, prospective, randomized-controlled trial

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-26

  Rawlings, Arthur ^a   Soper, Nathaniel J ^b   Oelschlager, Brant ^c   Swanstrom, Lee ^d   Matthews, Brent D ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos ^c   Pierce, Richard A ^d   Pryor, Aurora ^e   Martin, Valeria ^c   Frisella, Margaret M ^a   Cassera, Maria ^d   Brunt, L Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Dor fundoplication; Heller myotomy; Toupet fundoplication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PH; SURGICAL APPROACH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857383981     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1822-y     Document Type: Article

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