Laparoscopic fundoplication in elderly patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-292

  Tedesco, Pietro ^a   Lobo, Errol ^b   Fisichella, Piero M ^a   Way, Lawrence W ^a   Patti, Marco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645102512     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.3.289     Document Type: Review

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