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Durability of pneumatic dilation monotherapy in treatment-naive achalasia patients

BACKGROUND: Pneumatic dilation (PD) is often billed as a “short term” treatment for achalasia but anecdotally can last years. This study sought to explore how long a single pneumatic dilation may induce symptom remission in a treatment-naïve achalasia patient. METHODS: A single center, retrospective...

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Autores principales: Javed, Abid T., Batte, Kevin, Khalaf, Mohamed, Abdul-Hussein, Mustafa, Elias, Pooja S., Castell, Donald O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31711439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-1104-z