Fundoplications resist reflux independent of in vivo anatomic relationships

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Farrell, Timothy M ^a   Smith, C Daniel ^a   Metreveli, Ramaz E ^a   Richardson, William S ^a   Johnson, Alfred B ^a   Hunter, John G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PRESSURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE;

EID: 0032997416     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00313-4     Document Type: Article

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