Endolumenal therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease: Are they dead?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Pearl, Jonathan P ^a   Marks, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH MUCOSA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SUTURE;

FUNDOPLICATION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIO WAVES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33845654761     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0890-x     Document Type: Editorial

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