Open AccessLaparoscopic Antireflux Surgery What is Real Progress?
Author(s) -
Jean-Marie Collard,
C. A. de Gheldere,
Marc F. De Kock,
Jean-Bernard Otte,
Kestens Pj
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199408000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , laparoscopy , surgery , thoracotomy , nissen fundoplication , gerd , hiatal hernia , abdominal surgery , hernia , general surgery , reflux , disease
The authors aim to substantiate, with objective arguments, potential advantages of laparoscopic versus open antireflux surgery in the light of the recent crude experience of the Louvain Medical School Hospital.