Managing Failed Anti-Reflux Therapy

by M. Brian Fennerty and Mark K. Ferguson

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects millions of people in western society. Since the introduction of laparoscopic techniques in the 1990s, it is now one of the most common indications for surgery. This text is designed to highlight the problem of failed medical and surgical anti-reflux therapy for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and to provide an algorithm for managing such failures.

This multi-authored text provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852339098
• ISBN13: 9781852339098
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 10.1"