Open AccessProspective Double-Blind Randomized Trial of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication With Division and Without Division of Short Gastric Vessels
Author(s) -
David I. Watson,
Gregory K Pike,
R Baigrie,
George Mathew,
Peter G. Devitt,
R. BrittenJones,
Glyn G. Jamieson
Publication year - 1997
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 - 10.1097/00000658-199711000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , heartburn , nissen fundoplication , dysphagia , surgery , esophageal dilatation , randomized controlled trial , perioperative , prospective cohort study , esophageal disease , reflux , esophagus , disease
To determine whether division of the short gastric vessels (SGVs) and full mobilization of the gastric fundus is necessary to reduce the incidence of postoperative dysphagia and other adverse sequelae of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.