[1] Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication has been used for the treatment of patients who are refractory to PPI therapy with a positive SI and evidence of reflux after MII-pH testing. In a ...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine prospectively the rate of cough before and after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication performed for the control of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

A procedure that involves wrapping a part of the stomach around the lower part of the esophagus to treat certain gastrointestinal conditions. Side effects are usually temporary and may include ...

The changes produced by the Nissen fundoplication were measured in 12 patients, who required surgery to control their reflux oesophagitis. The gastro-oesophageal junction of each patient was studied ...

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CT scan: Computed tomography imaging ... Surgery: Minimally invasive surgery (Nissen fundoplication) involves wrapping part of the stomach around the lower esophageal opening to prevent acid reflux.

Gastroenterologist Olaya Brewer Gutierrez and minimally invasive surgeon Brett Parker, each from Johns Hopkin, discuss concomitant transoral incisionless fundoplication (cTIF), a procedure to treat ...

The goal of this study is to compare the rate of recurrence of hiatal hernia in patients with large hiatal hernias who had the Belsey Mark-IV and Nissen fundoplication procedures. Participant ...

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SAMS is diagnosed primarily based on CT findings, include a dilated stomach and proximal duodenum and reduced aortomesenteric angle on sagittal multiplanar reconstruction CT. SMAS occasionally ...

A 33-year-old, 8 weeks pregnant, presented with severe upper abdominal pain with vomiting on a background of a previous laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for reflux disease. An urgent MRI had shown ...