The history of hiatal hernia surgery: From Bowditch to loparoscopy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-193

  Stylopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Rattner, David W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGITIS; EXPERIENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIOPLASTY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

FUNDOPLICATION; HERNIA, HIATAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PORTRAITS;

EID: 11144316825     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000149430.83220.7f     Document Type: Review

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