Early experience with laparoscopic antireflux surgery in the rural setting

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-46

  Xenos, Eleftherios S ^a,b   Reinker, Dale ^a   Mogerman, Donald ^a  

^a Lincoln County Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035219955     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194010-00008     Document Type: Article

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