Quality of Life in GERD Patients: Medical Treatment Versus Antireflux Surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 934-939

  Ciovica, Ruxandra ^a   Gadenstätter, Michael ^a   Klingler, Anton ^a   Lechner, Wolfgang ^a   Riedl, Otto ^a   Schwab, Gerhard P ^a  

^a General Hospital Krems   (Austria)

Author keywords

antireflux surgery; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; GERD; medical treatment; proton pump inhibitors; quality of life

Indexed keywords

2 [[(2 PYRIDYL)METHYL]SULFINYL]BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANTIULCER AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745966624     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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