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Esophagogastric junction distensibility measured by a functional lumen imaging probe with incremental gastric myotomy lengths in achalasia

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    Rym El Khoury, Joel M. Sternbach, Ezra N. Teitelbaum, Nathaniel J. Soper & Eric S. Hungness

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Eric Hungness receives an honorarium for educational activities from Baxter, which is unrelated to this study. Nathaniel Soper is on the scientific advisory board of Transenterix and Miret Surgical, on the clinical advisory board of FedEx, and on the medical advisory board of M.D. Insider, which are unrelated to this study. Ezra Teitelbaum, Joel Sternbach and Rym El Khoury have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Khoury, R.E., Sternbach, J.M., Teitelbaum, E.N. et al. Esophagogastric junction distensibility measured by a functional lumen imaging probe with incremental gastric myotomy lengths in achalasia. Surg Endosc 30, 2139–2140 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-015-4437-x

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