Re: Study: Life expectancy, complications, and causes of death in patients with

[Guest guest]

Very interesting article. Though I am interested to know what kind of treatment

(HM/PD/Botox) those achalasia patients in the study underwent in their lifetime

and the

implication of those treatments in the final outcome. I guess it might be there

somewhere in

the article but I could only read the abstract.

-Ayon

>

> Life expectancy, complications, and causes of death in patients with

> achalasia: results of a 33-year follow-up investigation.

> European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 20(10):956-960,

> October 2008.

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18787460

> " CONCLUSION: Patients with achalasia experience a significant number of

> complications. Causes of death and life expectancy, however, do not

> differ from those of the average population. "

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> notan

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