Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for oesophageal achalasia: Preliminary results in humans

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 827-832

  Costamagna, Guido ^a   Marchese, Michele ^a   Familiari, Pietro ^a   Tringali, Andrea ^a   Inoue, Haruhiro ^b   Perri, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Endoscopic myotomy; POEM; Submucosal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH MUSCLE;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865737958     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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