Recurrent dysphagia after Heller myotomy: Is esophagectomy always the answer?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 736-743

  Loviscek, Maximiliano F ^a   Wright, Andrew S ^a   Hinojosa, Marcelo W ^a   Petersen, Rebecca ^a   Pajitnov, Dmitry ^a   Oelschlager, Brant K ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MUCOSAL PERFORATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 84875371586     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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