Outcomes of treatment for achalasia depend on manometric subtype

Gastroenterology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 718-725

  Rohof, Wout O ^a   Salvador, Renato ^b   Annese, Vito ^c   Bruley Des Varannes, Stanislas ^d   Chaussade, Stanislas ^e   Costantini, Mario ^b   Elizalde, J Ignasi ^f   Gaudric, Marianne ^e   Smout, André J ^a   Tack, Jan ^g   Busch, Olivier R ^a   Zaninotto, Giovanni ^b   Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^a,g  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Motility; Response to Therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ECKARDT SCORE; ENDOSCOPIC PNEUMATIC DILATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS BALLOON; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSTERNAL PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84875254646     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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