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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Digestive System Surgical Procedures > Heller Myotomy
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Myotomy > Sphincterotomy > Heller Myotomy

Preferred term

Heller Myotomy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Heller Groeneweldt Operation
  • Heller Groeneweldt Surgery
  • Heller Operation
  • Heller's Myotomy
  • Myotomy, Heller's

Scope note

  • Surgical incision of the lower esophageal sphincter near the CARDIA often used to treat ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA.

History note

  • 2018

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000074434

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