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Pre-operative endoscopic balloon dilatation and its impact on outcome of laparoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy for patients with achalasia: does the frequency and interval matter?

BACKGROUND: Many surgeons believe that pre-operative balloon dilatation makes laparoscopic myotomy more difficult in achalasia patients. Herein, we wanted to see if prior pneumatic balloon dilatation led to worse outcomes after laparoscopic myotomy. We also assessed if the frequency of dilatations a...

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Autores principales: El-Magd, El-Sayed Abou, Elgeidie, Ahmed, Elmahdy, Youssif, Abbas, Amr, Elyamany, Mohamed Abdellatif, Abulazm, Ibrahem Lotfy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10520180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37517041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-023-10314-4