Measurement of the esophageal hiatus by calculation of the hiatal surface area (HSA). Why, when and how?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2224-2225

  Granderath, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS HIATUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIATUS HERNIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CALIBRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 36249028099     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9348-z     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

1. Reardon PR (2006) A modest proposal. Surg Endosc 20: 995
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3. Granderath FA, Schweiger UM, Pointner R (in press) Laparoscopic antireflux surgery: Tailoring the hiatal closure to the size of hiatal surface area. Surg Endosc