Results after laparoscopic fundoplication: Does age matter?

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 778-783

  Cowgill, Sarah M ^a   Arnaoutakis, Dean ^a   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Al Saadi, Sam ^a   Arnaoutakis, Demetri ^a   Molloy, Daniel L ^a   Thomas, Ashley ^a   Rakita, Steven ^a   Rosemurgy II, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750139390     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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