Mechanisms responsible for recurrent gastroesophageal reflux in neurologically impaired children who underwent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 767-771

  Kawahara, H ^a   Nakajima, K ^a   Yagi, M ^b   Okuyama, H ^b   Kubota, A ^b   Okada, A ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux; Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication; Lower esophageal sphincter (LES); Recurrence; Transient LES relaxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

CHILD; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036227711     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8228-1     Document Type: Article

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