Endoluminal GERD treatments: Critical appraisal of current literature with evidence-based medicine instruments

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 697-706

  Torquati, Alfonso ^a   Richards, William O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GERD

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34247648103     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9344-3     Document Type: Review

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