Invited letter concerning: Technique for prevention of gastroesophageal reflux after transthoracic Heller’s operation
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The transthoracic hiatoplasty for cases of non-operable gastroesophageal reflux.
After surgery in the upper abdomen is performed, conditions may develop prohibiting transabdominal repair of gastroesophageal reflux. The transthoracal hiatoplasty after L. Braun does not in all cases eliminate the reflux; it cures, however, the ulcers as well as the esophagitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)34243-6