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ACHALASIA OF THE OESOPHAGUS
Author(s) -
Flynn Richard
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1939.tb04853.x
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , cardiospasm , dilator , surgery , esophageal dilatation , esophagus , general surgery
Summary .1. Eight cases of cardiospasm, five in males and three in females, are reported, with the subsequent history of each. 2. Dilatation in each case was carried out on one occasion only. 3. The method of dilatation over a previously swallowed silk thread, with either a Plummer hydrostatic dilator or a Moerseh‐Plummer bougie, is advocated.