"Redo" Fundoplications: Satisfactory Symptomatic Outcomes With Higher Cost of Care

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-188

  Cowgill, Sarah M ^a   Arnaoutakis, Demetri ^a   Villadolid, Desiree ^a   Rosemurgy, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of procedures; GERD; laparoscopic fundoplication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35248883994     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.03.078     Document Type: Article

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