Cardiomyotomy in achalasia: which fibers do we cut?
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Diseases of the Esophagus
- Vol. 13 (2) , 104-107
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-2050.2000.00091.x
Abstract
Summary. Until now, it has not been quite clear which muscular fibers are cut when a cardiomyotomy for achalasia is carried out. In the present report, in a huKeywords
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