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. 1960 Jul;152(1):1–9. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196007000-00001

An Evaluation of the Modified Heller Operation in the Treatment of Achalasia of the Esophagus *

Thomas B Ferguson, Thomas H Burford
PMCID: PMC1613600  PMID: 13822246

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