Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Medical or surgical treatment? Report of an interactive workshop |
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| Authors: | GP SCHWAB,,AL BLUM,E BODNER,B DALLEMAGNE,K GLASER,H KOOP,F PACE,W RÖ SCH,JR SIEWERT,G WETSCHER |
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| Affiliation: | Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Innsbruck, Austria;*Div. de Gastroenterologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland;†Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph, Liege, Belgium;‡Krankenhaus Buch, Berlin;§Ospedale L Sacco, Milan, Italy;**Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München;††Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most common disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract. With the introduction of proton pump inhibitors medical treatment of GERD has been significantly improved. However, the development of laparoscopic antireflux surgery resulted in an increasing interest of surgeons in this disease. An interactive meeting was organized in order to develop an agreement between gastoenterologists and surgeons regarding therapeutic decisions and this is the main topic of this paper. |
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| Keywords: | Barrett's metaplasia, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, laparoscopic antireflux surgery, protein pump inhibitors. |
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