Endoluminal fundoplication by a transoral device for the treatment of GERD: A feasibility study

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-342

  Cadiere G B ^a   Rajan, A ^b   Germay, O ^a   Himpens, J ^c  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Clinique du Parc Leopold   (Belgium)

^c Sint Blasius Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antireflux barrier; ELF procedure; EsophyX; Heartburn; Hiatal hernia; Quality of life; Reflux

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ERUCTATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMATEMESIS; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PH; PHARYNX DISCOMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOULDER PAIN; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VALVE; VOMITING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39149105961     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9618-9     Document Type: Article

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