MODERN TEHNOLOGIES IN SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
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Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is “a condition which develops when the reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symptoms (i.e., at least two heartburn episodes per week) and/or complications” (Vakil et al 2006) and represents one of the fastest growing disease affecting the alimentary tract. Recently studies on the epidemiology of GERD demonstrating that GERD is a highly prevalent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical & experimental pathology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1727-4338
DOI: 10.24061/1727-4338.xii.1.43.2013.50