One hundred consecutive laparoscopic Nissen's without the use of a bougie

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 866-871

  Bochkarev, Victor ^a   Iqbal, Atif ^a   Lee, Yong Kwon ^a   Vitamvas, Michelle ^a   Oleynikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraoperative endoscopy; Laparoscopy; Nissen fundoplication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36048994598     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.042     Document Type: Article

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