Gatekeeper™ reflux repair system: Technique, pre-clinical, and clinical experience

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 179-189

  Fockens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMATERIAL; HYPAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; ANIMAL; GASTROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037242969     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-5157(02)00112-5     Document Type: Review

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