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LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF PNEUMATIC DILATATION RESISTANT ACHALASIA
Author(s) -
Jorgensen J. O.,
Hunt D. R.
Publication year - 1993
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.1445-2197.1993.tb00406.x
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , myotomy , nissen fundoplication , surgery , heller myotomy , general surgery , esophagus , reflux , disease
Three patients with achalasia, who were successfully managed by laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Nissen fundoplication, are described. Each patient had failed to respond to two pneumatic dilatations of the oesophagus.