Open AccessMechanisms of Gastric and Esophageal Perforations During Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Author(s) -
Philip R. Schauer,
William C. Meyers,
Steve Eubanks,
Richard F. Norem,
Morris E. Franklin,
Theodore N. Pappas
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199601000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , nissen fundoplication , general surgery , esophagogastric junction , surgery , laparoscopy , reflux , disease , adenocarcinoma , cancer
The purpose of this study was to determine possible mechanisms of 17 gastric and esophageal perforations that occurred during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.