Achalasia of the Cardia in a Three‐Month‐Old Infant Treated Successfully by a Modified Heller's Operation
作者:
Henry Eaton,
期刊:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
(WILEY Available online 1969)
卷期:
Volume 38,
issue 3
页码: 240-244
ISSN:0004-8682
年代: 1969
DOI:10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb06299.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
A case of achalasia of the cardia in a boy aged three months is described. This is the youngest case on record of a successful result following a modified Heller's operation in an infant. A biopsy specimen of the œsophageal muscle did not show any abnormalities in the myenteric plexus. These findings are discussed in the light of present concepts of the disease. The safety and reliability of surgery in these young infants are emphasised, making it the treatment of choice in pædiatric achalasi
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