LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA

Authors
ROSATI R FUMAGALLI U BONAVINA L SEGALIN A MONTORSI M BONA S PERACCHIA A
Citation
R. Rosati et al., LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA, The American journal of surgery, 169(4), 1995, pp. 424-427
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The American journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029610
Volume
169
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
424 - 427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9610(1995)169:4<424:LATEA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Certain technical details are considered important to ease the laparos copic performance of a Heller myotomy combined with a Dor antireflux p rocedure for esophageal achalasia. A special emphasis is given to intr aoperative esophagoscopy combined with a mild balloon distension of th e. esophagogastric junction. These maneuvers prove helpful in identify ing the esophagogastric region, easing the myotomy, and controlling it s completeness.