Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Fundoplication for Achalasia
published by Damascus University
in 2008
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
Objective: To determine the results of laparoscopic Heller myotomy with
complete or partial fundoplication for the treatment of achalasia and
evaluating its longterm benefits and complications.
The study was performed retrospectively and prospectively,
including all patients with achalsia who where treated by laparoscopic
Heller myotomy with fundoplication in Al Assad University Hospital in
Damascus between 2005 and 2008.
References used
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Rossetti G, Brusciano L, Amato G, et al. A total fundoplication is not an obstacle to esophageal emptying after Heller myotomy for achalasia: results of a long-term follow up. Annals of Surgery. 2005; 241(4):614-21
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