Journal article
Pneumatic balloon dilatation in achalasia: a prospective comparison of safety and efficacy with different balloon diameters
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pneumatic dilatation is considered to be the first line therapy for achalasia, but long-term outcome studies are scarce and limited by their retrospective design. There is also no consensus on the optimal method for performing pneumatic dilation as regard to balloon diameter, amount and the rate inflation pressure.
AIM: To address these questions in a large long-term prospective study.
Authors
Mikaeli J; Bishehsari F; Montazeri G; Yaghoobi M; Malekzadeh R
Journal
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 431–436
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 2004
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02080.x
ISSN
0269-2813