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- Title
Criteria for assessing esophageal motility in laparoscopic adjustable gastric band patients: the importance of the lower esophageal contractile segment.
- Authors
Burton, Paul Robert; Brown, Wendy A; Laurie, Cheryl; Hebbard, Geoff; O'Brien, Paul E
- Abstract
Esophageal function appears critical in laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) patients; however, conventional motility assessments have not proven to be clinically useful. Recent combined video fluoroscopic and high-resolution manometric studies have identified important components of esophageal function in LAGB patients.
- Publication
Obesity surgery, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 3, p316
- ISSN
1708-0428
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-009-0043-0