Toward an improved understanding of isolated upright reflux: Positional effects on the lower esophageal sphincter in patients with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1623-1631

  Hoppo, Toshitaka ^a   Komatsu, Yoshihiro ^a   Nieponice, Alejandro ^a   Schrenker, Joan ^a   Jobe, Blair A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864288933     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1537-9     Document Type: Article

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