Sustained improvement in symptoms of GERD and antisecretory drug use: 4-year follow-up of the Stretta procedure

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-372

  Noar, Mark D ^a   Lotfi Emran, Sahar ^a  

^a Endoscopic Microsurgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG USE; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STRETTA PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTON PUMPS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847077248     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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