Clinical effectiveness of laparoscopic fundoplication in a U.S. community

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Vakil, Nimish ^a,c   Shaw, Michael ^b   Kirby, Russell ^c  

^a AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037252036     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01390-6     Document Type: Article

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