Mortality rate after pneumatic dilatation for achalasia: authors' reply

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK.
² Informatics, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
³ Gastroenterology, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK nigel.trudgill@nhs.net.

Comment

Philip R Harvey et al. Gut. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;69(9):1.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319762. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

¹ Gastroenterology, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK.
² Informatics, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
³ Gastroenterology, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK nigel.trudgill@nhs.net.

No abstract available

Keywords: Achalasia; mortality; perforation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Outcomes of pneumatic dilatation and Heller's myotomy for achalasia in England between 2005 and 2016.
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Mortality rate after pneumatic dilatation for achalasia.
van Hoeij FB, Bredenoord AJ. van Hoeij FB, et al. Gut. 2020 Sep;69(9):1. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319513. Epub 2019 Aug 5. Gut. 2020. PMID: 31383771 No abstract available.