Laparoscopic heller myotomy and fundoplication in patients with chagas disease achalasia and massively dilated esophagus

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-75

  Pantanali, Carlos A R ^a   Herbella, Fernando A M ^a   Henry, Maria A ^b   Farah, Jose Francisco Mattos ^c   Patti, Marco G ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Hospital do Servidor Pu blico Estadual   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; EVALUATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875079401     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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