Long-term experience of treating 185 patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) by anti-reflux surgery respecting the functional-morphological restoration of the esophagus

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-31

  Horstmann, R ^a   Classen, C ^a   Rottgermann S ^a   Langer, M ^b   Palmes, D ^b  

^a Herz Jesu Krankenhaus Munster Hiltrup   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti reflux surgery; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Long term results; Quality of life; Stretch closure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDIASTINUM; OPERATION DURATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUTURE; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31944447928     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-005-0002-8     Document Type: Article

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