[Late results of treatment of megaesophagus].
Heller's operation remains the best operation but pneumatic dilatation, which has replaced other methods, gives equivalent results. Our report may be completed by better assessment of the physiopathology, new methods of exploration and more precise knowledge of the complications and failures of myotomy. Finally, the chapter, cancer and megaoesophagus, is the most important to be added.
D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004936:Diverticulum, Esophageal / Q000150:complications; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery
Résultats éloignés du traitement du méga-oesophage