Esophageal Stasis on a timed barium esophagogram predicts recurrent symptoms in patients with long-standing achalasia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Rohof, W O ^a   Lei, A ^a   Boeckxstaens, G E ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGEAL STASIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETREATMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84872040388     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.318     Document Type: Article

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