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Nissen fundoplication for gastro-oesophageal reflux. 1979

I C O'Rourke

Department of Surgery, Westmead Centre, N.S.W.

Twenty-four patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux were treated by Nissen fundoplication over a three-year period. In 22 patients the symptoms of heartburn, reflux, or dysphagia were abolished or dramatically improved. The operative technique, complications, and reasons for the less successful outcome in the remaining two cases are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D005748	Gastric Fundus	The superior portion of the body of the stomach above the level of the cardiac notch.	Fundus, Gastric
D005764	Gastroesophageal Reflux	Retrograde flow of gastric juice (GASTRIC ACID) and/or duodenal contents (BILE ACIDS; PANCREATIC JUICE) into the distal ESOPHAGUS, commonly due to incompetence of the LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER.	Esophageal Reflux,Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease,GERD,Gastric Acid Reflux,Gastric Acid Reflux Disease,Gastro-Esophageal Reflux,Gastro-oesophageal Reflux,Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease,Reflux, Gastroesophageal,Acid Reflux, Gastric,Gastro Esophageal Reflux,Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease,Gastro oesophageal Reflux,Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Diseases,Reflux Disease, Gastro-Esophageal,Reflux, Gastric Acid,Reflux, Gastro-Esophageal,Reflux, Gastro-oesophageal
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man