2011 update on esophageal achalasia

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1573-1578

  Chuah, Seng Kee ^a   Hsu, Pin I ^b   Wu, Keng Liang ^a   Wu, Deng Chyang ^c   Tai, Wei Chen ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic pneumatic dilations; Esophageal achalasia; High resolution manometry; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Peroral endoscopic myotomy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL;

CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MANOMETRY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY; PNEUMATIC PNEUMATIC DILATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84860009385     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i14.1573     Document Type: Review

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