The LINX® reflux management system: Confirmed safety and efficacy now at 4 years

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2944-2949

  Lipham, John C ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a   Ganz, Robert A ^b,c,d   Bonavina, Luigi ^e   Saino, Greta ^e   Dunn, Daniel H ^f   Fockens, Paul ^g   Bemelman, Willem ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Gastroenterology   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^f Virginia Piper Cancer Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Lower esophageal sphincter; Nissen fundoplication; Proton pump inhibitors; Sphincter augmentation

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84870976638     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2289-1     Document Type: Article

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