Robot-assisted oesophageal and gastric surgery for benign disease: Antireflux operations and Heller's myotomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 113-120

  Falkenback, Dan ^a,b   Lehane, Christopher W ^a   Lord, Reginald V N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antireflux repair; Antireflux surgery; Heller's myotomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Nissen fundoplication; Robot surgery; Robot assisted surgery; Robotic surgery; Robotic assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PROCEDURES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923938188     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12731     Document Type: Article

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