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The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achala...

The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achala...

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The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achalasia

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Full title

The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achalasia

Publisher

New York: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2010-11, Vol.14 (11), p.1635-1645

Language

English

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New York: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Background
A new manometric classification of esophageal achalasia has recently been proposed that also suggests a correlation with the final outcome of treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate this hypothesis in a large group of achalasia patients undergoing laparoscopic Heller–Dor myotomy.
Methods
We evaluated 246 consecutive...

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Full title

The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achalasia

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_759131642

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_759131642

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ISSN

1091-255X

E-ISSN

1873-4626

DOI

10.1007/s11605-010-1318-4

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