Are Incisionless Fundoplication Procedures a Safer Alternative to the Laparoscopic Nissen for the Treatment of Chronic Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-890

  Ben David, Kfir ^a,b   Carreras, Jennel ^a   Lopes, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955482272     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1303-y     Document Type: Article

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