Upright, supine, or bipositional reflux: Patterns of reflux do not affect outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2193-2198

  Cowgill, S M ^a   Al Saadi, S ^a   Villadolid, D ^a   Arnaoutakis, D ^a   Molloy, D ^a   Rosemurgy, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflux surgery; Fundoplication; GERD; Positional reflux

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36248977028     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9333-6     Document Type: Article

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