Laparoscopic Heller myotomy can safely be performed in elderly patients and can provide significant symptom relief

Aguilar, Brenda E.

Chapital, Alyssa B.

Craft, Randall O.

Flahive, Colleen

Harold, Kristi L.

Merritt, Marianne V.

Schlinkert, Richard T.

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Randall O. Craft

Brenda E. Aguilar

Colleen Flahive

Marianne V. Merritt

Alyssa B. Chapital

Richard T. Schlinkert

Kristi L. Harold

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JSLS Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeons

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Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia in the Elderly

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