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Morphology of the Esophageal Hiatus: Is It Different in 3 Types of Hiatus Hernias?

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The esophageal hiatus is formed by the right crus of the diaphragm in the majority of subjects. Contraction of the hiatus exerts a sphincter-like action on the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The aim is to study the hiatal anatomy (using CT scan imaging) and function (using high-r...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Dushyant, Zifan, Ali, Ghahremani, Gary, Kunkel, David C, Horgan, Santiago, Mittal, Ravinder K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6955188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31677612
http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm18208