Pneumatic dilation for achalasia: Late results of a prospective follow-up investigation
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Pneumatic dilation for achalasia: late results of a prospective follow up investigation.
BACKGROUND and aims: In this prospective study, we determined the long term clinical course of patients with achalasia who were treated by pneumatic dilation using the Browne-McHardy dilator, and determined whether previously described predictors of outcome remain significant after prolonged follow up. METHODS Between 1981 and 1991, 54 consecutive patients were treated by pneumatic dilation a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(03)81189-7