Long-term results of treatment of peptic
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Professor J. H. Wyllie; S. R. Baker; D. Hakhamaneshi; K. S. Soo; D. A. W. Edward
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract An Angelchik prosthesis was inserted in 43 patients with a peptic stricture above a hiatus hernia; 16 showed columnar lining of the oesophagus below the stricture. The mean preoperative bore of strictures was 8.7 mm. Within months, and without dilatation, 33 strictures shortened, 35 wid