Endoluminal vs. extraluminal cardiomyotomy for oesophageal achalasia

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Giovanni Zaninotto et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;9(10):3473-3476.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.22.

¹ Department of Surgery & Cancer, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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