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Clinical and physiologic comparison of laparoscopic and open Nissen fundoplication.

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1995

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Jeffrey H. Peters, J. Heimbucher, W. K. H. Kauer, R. Incarbone, Cedric G. Bremner, Tom R. DeMeester
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Abstract

Symptomatic outcome after laparoscopic fundoplication is similar to that of open surgery. Physiologic studies reveal a greater augmentation of LES pressure and a low prevalence of sphincter relaxation after laparoscopic fundoplication.