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Clinical Success and Correlation of Eckardt Scores with Barium Esophagram After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Achalasia

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Madhusudan R. Sanaka, Scott Gabbard & Prashanthi N. Thota

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Pravallika Chadalavada, Fahrettin Covut & George Khoudari

  3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Siva Raja

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Sanaka, M.R., Chadalavada, P., Covut, F. et al. Clinical Success and Correlation of Eckardt Scores with Barium Esophagram After Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy in Achalasia. J Gastrointest Surg 25, 278–281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-020-04763-8

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