Abstract:

In comparison to medical treatment, antireflux surgery is recognized as an effective, efficient and longlasting therapy, as well as the only treatment that is able to modify the natural history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The 360° fundoplication is the most widely used surgical procedure for GERD. Although performed in the era of H2-blockers and open surgery, comparison of the so-called Nissen repair to both symptomatic and continuous medical therapies concluded that surgery was superior to medical therapy in every outcome measure used.

Authors:

Abe Fingerhut, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., Elie Yahchouchy, M.D., Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy, Poissy, France, Bertrand Millat, M.D., Hopital Saint Eloi, Montpelier, France, Chadli Dziri, M.D., F.A.C.S., Hopital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisia, Jean-Charles Etienne, M.D., Ahmed Al Hadrani Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal De Poissy, Poissy, France, Jean-Christopher Paquet, M.D. Centre Hopitalier de Longjumeau, Jean-Marie Hay, M.D. Hopital Louis Mourier, Pierre Louis Fagniez, M.D. Hopital Henri Mondor, Simon Msika, M.D. Hopital Louis Mourier, Colombes, France

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