Self-expandable metal stent placement in a child for treatment of achalasia after failed Heller myotomy
Background and study aims Childhood achalasia treatment remains inconclusive. What is next after myotomy failure? Repeated pneumatic-dilation put patients at greater risk of perforation with possible symptom recurrence. We report on a 12-year-old patient with a 1-year history of achalasia whom under...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-118745 |