Use of a magnetic sphincter for the treatment of GERD: a feasibility study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-294

  Ganz, Robert A ^a   Gostout, Christopher J ^a   Grudem, Jerry ^a   Swanson, William ^a   Berg, Todd ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EX VIVO STUDY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; IMPLANTATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PRESSURE; SWALLOWING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; MAGNETICS; MALE; PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SWINE;

EID: 38349086570     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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