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  2. Nissen fundoplication - Wikipedia

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    A Nissen fundoplication, or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia. In GERD, it is usually performed when medical therapy has failed; but, with a Type II (paraesophageal) hiatus hernia, it is the first-line procedure ...

  3. Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair - Wikipedia

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    In bariatric surgery, hernias are repaired laparoscopically anteriorly, rather than posteriorly as in the fundoplication procedure. This general laparoscopic procedure was introduced by Sami Salem Ahmad from Germany. The Nissen fundoplication procedure was first performed by Rudolph Nissen in 1955. [citation needed]

  4. Esophageal achalasia - Wikipedia

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    After surgery, patients should keep to a soft diet for several weeks to a month, avoiding foods that can aggravate reflux. [33] The most recommended fundoplication to complement Heller myotomy is Dor fundoplication, which consists of a 180- to 200-degree anterior wrap around the esophagus. It provides excellent results as compared to Nissen's ...

  5. Transoral incisionless fundoplication - Wikipedia

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    Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) is an endoscope treatment designed to relieve symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The TIF procedure, similar to Nissen fundoplication , alleviates GERD symptoms by wrapping a portion of the stomach around the esophagus.

  6. Collis gastroplasty - Wikipedia

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    A Collis gastroplasty is a surgical procedure performed when the surgeon desires to create a Nissen fundoplication, but the portion of esophagus inferior to the diaphragm is too short. Thus, there is not enough esophagus to wrap. A vertical incision is made in the stomach parallel to the left border of the esophagus.

  7. Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia

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    Esophageal manometry is not recommended for use in the diagnosis, being recommended only prior to surgery. [42] Ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring may be useful in those who do not improve after PPIs and is not needed in those in whom Barrett's esophagus is seen. [42] Investigation for H. pylori is not usually needed. [42]

  8. List of eponymous surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Dor fundoplication: Dor: Upper gastrointestinal surgery: Partial fundoplication with 180° anterior wrap [3] Dor fundoplication at Medilexicon.com Finney pyloroplasty: Finney 1902: Upper gastrointestinal surgery: Foley operation: Frederic Foley: Urology: Pyeloplasty performed to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction: Foley's plastic at ...

  9. Hiatal hernia - Wikipedia

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    A hiatal hernia or hiatus hernia [2] is a type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment of the chest. [1] [3] This may result in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) with symptoms such as a taste of acid in the back of the mouth or heartburn.