Patients with upright reflux have less favorable postoperative outcomes after laparoscopic antireflux surgery than those with supine reflux

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 819-830

  Winslow, Emily R ^a,b   Frisella, Margaret M ^a   Soper, Nathaniel J ^a   Clouse, Ray E ^a   Klingensmith, Mary E ^a   Rattner, D W ^b   Way, L W ^b   Velanovich, V ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WUMS Box 8109 ^*

Author keywords

Ambulatory pH testing; Fundoplication; Gastroesophageal reflux; Patient outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STANDING; STOMACH; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944409487     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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