Evaluation and management of patients with symptoms after anti-reflux surgery

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Lin, D C ^a   Chun, C L ^a   Triadafilopoulos, G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti reflux surgery; Fundoplication; Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; DOMPERIDONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; BLOATING; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; NAUSEA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SATIETY; SORE THROAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH SCINTISCANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 84921596187     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dote.12103     Document Type: Review

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