Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery vs Esomeprazole Treatment for Chronic GERD

Abstract

DepartmentofGastroenterologyandHepatology, Nantes University, and Centred’Investigation Clinique INSERM, Nantes, France (DrGalmiche); Institute of Medicine, Haukeland Univer-sityHospital,UniversityofBergen,Bergen,Norway(DrHatlebakk);DepartmentofSurgery,NorthTynesideGen-eral Hospital, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England(DrAttwood);DepartmentofGastroenterology,DrHorstSchmidt Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany (Dr Ell); De-partmentofSurgicalandMorphologicalSciences,Ana-tomicPathologyDivision,UniversityofGenova,Genova,Italy (Dr Fiocca); AstraZeneca Research and Develop-ment, Mo¨lndal, Sweden (Drs Eklund, La˚ngstro¨m, andLind); and Department of Surgery, Karolinska Univer-sity Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden (Dr Lundell).