Ten-year follow up after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 748-752

  Cowgill, Sarah M ^a   Gillman, Rachel ^a   Kraemer, Emily ^a   Al Saadi, Sam ^a   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROTOMY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; WOUND INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848926499     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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