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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 5/2016

01-05-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Laparoscopic Stapled Cardioplasty—Room for Improvement

Authors: P. W. Hamer, E. A. Griffiths, P. G. Devitt, D. I. Watson, S. K. Thompson

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | Issue 5/2016

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Excerpt

In 2013, we described our technique for laparoscopic stapled cardioplasty for end-stage achalasia alongside promising early results.1 Since then, our enthusiasm for this procedure has been dampened with four of five patients now having progressed to, or considering, esophagectomy. …
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Metadata
Title
Laparoscopic Stapled Cardioplasty—Room for Improvement
Authors
P. W. Hamer
E. A. Griffiths
P. G. Devitt
D. I. Watson
S. K. Thompson
Publication date
01-05-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1091-255X
Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-016-3095-1

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