Forceful balloon dilation: an outpatient procedure for achalasia

Treatment of achalasia and related motor disorders

G. Vantrappen, J. Hellemans · Gastroenterology · 1980 · 335 citations

Medicine, Neurology, Pharmacotherapy +12

Treatment of achalasia with pneumatic dilatations

G. Vantrappen, J. Hellemans, W. Deloof et al. · Gut · 1971 · 208 citations · Full text

Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesia +8

A prospective randomized study comparing forceful dilatation and esophagomyotomy in patients with achalasia of the esophagus

Attila Csendes, Italo Braghetto, A Henríquez · Gastroenterology · 1981 · 154 citations · Full text

Medicine, Surgery, Dysphagia +7

An experience with polyethylene balloons for pneumatic dilation in achalasia.

Gelfand, Kozarek Ra · PubMed · 1989 · 85 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +12

Achalasia of the Esophagus: Results of Therapy by Dilation, 1950–1967

David Sanderson, F. Henry Ellis, Arthur M. Olsen · CHEST Journal · 1970 · 68 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Neurology +5