Karl Hermann Fuchs, Benjamin Babic, Wolfram Breithaupt, Bernard Dallemagne, Abe Fingerhut, Edgar Furnee, Frank Granderath, Peter Horvath, Peter Kardos, Rudolph Pointner, Edoardo Savarino, Maud Van Herwaarden-Lindeboom, Giovanni Zaninotto
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most frequent benign disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Management of GERD has always been controversial since modern medical therapy is very effective, but laparoscopic fundoplication is one of the few procedures that were quickly adapted to the minimal access technique. The purpose of this project was to analyze the current knowledge on GERD in regard to its pathophysiology, diagnostic assessment, medical therapy, and surgical therapy, and special circumstances such as GERD in children, Barrett's esophagus, and enteroesophageal and duodenogastroesophageal reflux...
June 2014: Surgical Endoscopy