Pneumatic balloon dilation in pediatric achalasia: Efficacy and factors predicting outcome at a single tertiary pediatric gastroenterology center

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 927-932

  Di Nardo, Giovanni ^a   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Oliva, Salvatore ^a   Aloi, Marina ^a   Cozzi, Denis A ^a   Frediani, Simone ^a   Redler, Adriano ^b   Mallardo, Saverio ^a   Ferrari, Federica ^a   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PNEUMATIC DILATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DILATATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877063087     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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