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March 24, 2010 — Laparoscopic fundoplication surgery is more effective than medical management for treating gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD, also referred to as GORD), at least in the ...
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is changing the way GERD is managed worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 12,000 such procedures were performed in the United States in 1987 ...
A Markov model using data from a randomized, controlled trial has demonstrated that laparoscopic fundoplication is a cost-effective intervention for the management of chronic GERD. However, there ...
In recognition of GERD Awareness Week, Healio compiled10 recent reports on FDA devices, endoscopic fundoplication, Vonoprazan, laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery and more.
Laparoscopic surgery is generally just as safe as open surgery, and due to the small nature of the incisions, some risks are even less than traditional surgery. Specific risks for each patient are ...
A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human—a significant step toward fully automated surgery on humans. Designed by a team of Johns ...
For this trial, Xu and colleagues enrolled 1,240 patients and randomized them 1:1 to receive robotic or laparoscopic surgery from July 2016 to December 2020 across 11 hospitals in China. Eligible ...
Laparoscopic surgery is a type of surgery that uses small incisions and a camera to help doctors see inside your body. The camera is called a laparoscope. It is inserted through a small incision in ...