Endoscopic therapy for GERD - Baking, sewing, or stuffing: An evidence-based perspective

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-149

  Johnson, David A ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Edoscopic GERD therapy; Endoscopic injection; Endoscopic suturing; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INJECTION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041882089     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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