Three year's experience with the Stretta procedure: Did it really make a difference?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-295

  Lutfi, R E ^a   Torquati, A ^a   Kaiser, J ^a   Holzman, M ^a   Richards, W O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GERD; Radiofrequency energy; Reflux; Stretta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STRETTA PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTON PUMPS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 18844378118     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-8938-2     Document Type: Article

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