Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Medications, surgery, or endoscopic therapy? (Current status and trends)

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-388

  Zhi, Xu Ting ^a   Kavic, Stephen M ^b   Park, Adrian E ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflux surgery; EndoCinch ; Endoscopic; Enteryx ; Fundoplication; Gatekeeper ; GERD; Histamine blocker; Implantation; Intraluminal; Laparoscopy; Lower esophageal sphincter; Nissen; PPI; Radiofrequency; Reflux; Stretta ; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY; HYDROGELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

ANTIREFLUX SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD); HISTAMINE BLOCKER; LAPROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; NISSEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS (PPI); REFLUX;

GASTROENTEROLOGY;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALGINIC ACID; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ANTACID AGENT; BICARBONATE; BISMUTH; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CIMETIDINE; DIHYDROXYALUMINUM SODIUM CARBONATE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; FAMOTIDINE; GAVISCON; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MYLANTA; NIZATIDINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE; TUMS;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH FUNDUS; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS;

EID: 24644474068     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i4.50     Document Type: Review

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