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Antireflux surgery declining, but still an option: increased access to proton pump inhibitors and new endoscopic therapies may have reduced use of surgery.
Publication: Internal Medicine News Publication Date: 15-JUN-06 Author: Mahoney, Diana
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COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group
DALLAS -- The steep decline in antireflux surgery since the 1990s may be caused by skepticism following publication of a study suggesting that most patients who undergo surgery eventually resume taking antireflux medication, said Dr. Jonathan F. Finks at the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
"Antireflux surgery took off in the 1990s, in large part because of the introduction of the laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication procedure," said Dr. Finks of the division of gastrointestinal surgery at...
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