A Comparison of Pre-operative Comorbidities and Post-operative Outcomes among Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication at High- and Low-Volume Centers

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1121-1127

  Varban, Oliver Adrian ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Westcott, Carl ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Complications; Inpatient; Laparoscopic fundoplication; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958827757     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1492-z     Document Type: Article

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