First year experience of patients undergoing the Stretta procedure

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-404

  Houston, H ^a   Khaitan, L ^a   Holzman, M ^a   Richards, W O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Radiofrequency energy; Stretta procedure

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH PARESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0037334711     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-8923-6     Document Type: Article

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