periesophagitis

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Effects of prior endoluminal gastroplication on subsequent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.

Tierney B, Iqbal A, Haider M, Filipi C.SourceDepartment of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
Surgical endoscopy.Surg Endosc.2007 Feb;21(2):321-3. Epub 2007 Jan 6.
BACKGROUND: The long-term results of endoluminal gastroplication (ELGP) for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are still under investigation. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) has unquestionable results in the treatment of GERD and, therefore, it would be unfortunate to compromise this tr
PMID 17219292