Influence of the esophageal hiatus size on the lower esophageal sphincter, on reflux activity and on symptomatology

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-208

  Koch, O O ^a   Kaindlstorfer, A ^a   Antoniou, S A ^b   Asche, K U ^a   Granderath, F A ^b   Pointner, R ^a  

^a General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

^b Neuwerk Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal hiatus; GERD; Hiatal hernia; HSA; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOATING; BODY SURFACE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS HIATUS SIZE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; TASTE DISORDER;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84859648553     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01238.x     Document Type: Article

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