Comparison of Long-term Outcome of Laparoscopic and Conventional Nissen Fundoplication

Abstract

At long-term follow-up, the open and LAP approaches for the Nissen fundoplication have similar long-term subjective symptomatic outcome despite the significantly higher incidence of incisional hernias and defective fundic wraps at endoscopy in the open group defining laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication as the procedure of choice in surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.