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Is Single-Session Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy With Fundoplication Safe and Effective in Achalasia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

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This meta‐analysis of nine studies (202 patients) demonstrates that peroral endoscopic myotomy with fundoplication (POEM‐F) achieves a technical success of 94.8% and significant symptom improvement (Eckardt score reduction from 8.3 to 1.1). Post‐procedural esophagitis occurred in 20.7% and wrap integrity was preserved in 75.7% on follow‐up, supporting ...
Kagzi Y, Asif A, Puli SR.
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Reoperative laparoscopic fundoplication for the treatment of failed fundoplication [PDF]

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2004
This study was undertaken to determine the safety and efficacy of reoperative laparoscopic fundoplication for patients with failed fundoplication.Thirty-nine of 612 consecutive patients who had undergone fundoplication underwent laparoscopic reoperative fundoplication for recurrent symptoms, persistent dysphagia, or gas bloat. An additional 15 patients
Woodrow W. Yeaney, Richard H. Maley, Daniel J. Gagné, Susan Bartley, Pavlos K. Papasavas, Robin S. Macherey, Rodney J. Landreneau, Fernando Hayetian, Robert J. Keenan, Philip F. Caushaj   +9 more
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Gastric perforation and pancreatitis manifesting after an inadvertent nissen fundoplication in a patient with superior mesenteric artery syndrome. [PDF]

, 2009
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is an uncommon but well-recognized clinical entity. It can lead to proximal small bowel obstruction and severe morbidity and mortality in lieu of late diagnosis and concomitant existing comorbidities. We report a
Estrada, JJ, Giuliani, S, Mason, RJ, Petrosyan, M, Rosen, H, Williams, M   +5 more
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Laparoscopic fundoplication [PDF]

Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques, 2001
The effectiveness of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF) was assessed in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) using pH study and different quality-of-life indexes. We correlated both types of data and hypothesised that improvement in quality of life following LNF does not necessarily correlate with improvement in pH values ...
P M, Markus, O, Horstmann, C, Kley, T, Neufang, H, Becker   +4 more
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Laparoscopic fundoplication compared with medical management for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease : cost effectiveness study [PDF]

, 2009
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Bojke, Laura, Campbell, Marion K, Epstein, David, REFLUX Trial Group, Sculpher, Mark J   +4 more
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Can intraoperative manometry influence the outcome of the surgical treatment of achalasia? [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. Achalasia is defined as incomplete or even absent relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter secondary to the chronic degeneration of unspecified etiology of the myenteric nerve plexus. Material and method.
Alecu, Lucian, Ivascu, Robert, Mihaila, Daniela, Mirea, Liliana, Slavu, Iulian, Tulin, Adrian   +5 more
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The development of a new measure of quality of life in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: the Reflux Questionnaire. [PDF]

, 2007
INTRODUCTION This paper reports on the development of a new measure of health-related quality of life for use among patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), funded as part of the REFLUX trial.
C Jenkinson, DA Revicki, DI Watson, E Eypasch, Garry Barton, Gr Locke, GR Locke, H Mönnikes, Ian Russell, IK Wiklund, J Isolauri, J Svedlund, JC Nunnally, JNR Bashford, KD Bardhan, L Kay, R Brooks, S Ross, Samantha Wileman, SJ Roberts, Susan Macran, TR DeMeester, V Stanghellini   +22 more
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LINX®, a novel treatment for patients with refractory asthma complicated by gastroesophageal reflux disease: a case report. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundGastroesophageal reflux disease is one of the most common comorbidities in patients with asthma. Gastroesophageal reflux disease can be linked to difficult-to-control asthma.
Kenyon, Nicholas J, Kivler, Celeste, Louie, Samuel, Murin, Susan, Sriratanaviriyakul, Narin, Vidovszky, Tamas J, Yoneda, Ken Y   +6 more
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Treatment of esophageal achalasia in children: Today and tomorrow [PDF]

, 2015
Esophageal achalasia (EA) is a rare esophageal motility disorder in children. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) represents the treatment of choice in young patients. Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is becoming an alternative to LHM.
Caldaro, T, Contini, Ac, Costamagna, G., Cucchiara, Salvatore, Dall'Oglio, L, De Angelis, P, Familiari, P, Federici di Abriola, G, Gigante, G, Marchese, M, Romeo, Ef, Torroni, F   +11 more
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Paraesophageal hernia: to fundoplicate or not? [PDF]

Annals of Translational Medicine, 2021
The need for an antireflux procedure during repair of a paraesophageal hernia (PEH) has been the subject of a long-standing controversy. With most centers now performing routine fundoplication during PEH repair, high-quality data on whether crural repair alone or using a mesh may provide adequate anti-reflux effect is still scarce.
Eliahu Bekhor, Daniel Solomon, Hanoch Kashtan   +2 more
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