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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 ...
There are several different methods when performing a laparoscopic hernia repair. A few of these are the fundoplication and the general laparoscopic hernia repair. In bariatric surgery, hernias are repaired laparoscopically anteriorly, rather than posteriorly as in the fundoplication procedure. This general laparoscopic procedure was introduced ...
Named after the Major League Baseball pitcher who was the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure, in 1974. [8] Toupet fundoplication: Andre Toupet: Upper gastrointestinal surgery: Fundoplication with 270° posterior wrap: Laparoscopy Hospital article: Trendelenburg's operation [9] Friedrich Trendelenburg: Cardiothoracic surgery
Vertical banded gastroplasty · Gastropexy · Colon resection · Nissen fundoplication · Hernia repair · Omentopexy · Liver biopsy: Urinary: Urethroplasty · Pyeloplasty: Nephrectomy · Cystectomy: Nephrostomy · Ureterostomy · Cystostomy (Suprapubic cystostomy) · Urostomy: Nephrotomy
With this new policy, the organization fears anesthesiologists will be pressured to meet an “arbitrary” time limit, the statement reads, which could hinder quality of care before, during, and ...
Two weeks after the surgery, he was discharged from the hospital and allowed to go home. Not long after, the seizures started up again and the family was told that Caper would need a second ...
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.
President-elect Donald Trump dismissed any suggestion that he’s being usurped by his high-profile billionaire ally Elon Musk during a speech at AmericaFest.