Managing Failed Anti-Reflux Therapy
- Author
- Mark K. Ferguson, M. Brian Fennerty
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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This multiauthored text provides information on the pathophysiology of GERD, appropriate medical management, and proper indications for and performance of surgical and endoscopic procedures for GERD. Thousands of patients will experience inadequate relief from medical therapy or will develop complications from their procedures or recurrent or new symptoms afterwards; this text describes in detail the proper evaluation and management of such patients.
Keywords: Medicine / Antireflux Therapy / Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) / Surgery / Cancer / Endoscopy / Gastroenterology
