Analysis of a Learning Curve and Predictors of Intraoperative Difficulty for Peroral Esophageal Myotomy (POEM)

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-99

  Teitelbaum, Ezra N ^a   Soper, Nathaniel J ^a   Arafat, Fahd O ^a   Santos, Byron F ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a   Hungness, Eric S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Interventional endoscopy; Learning curve; Peroral endoscopic myotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; ORGAN SIZE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891841781     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2332-0     Document Type: Article

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