TY - CHAP AU - Paolo Limongelli AU - Salvatore Tolone AU - Gianmattia del Genio AU - Antonio d’Alessandro AU - Gianluca Rossetti AU - Luigi Brusciano AU - Giovanni Docimo AU - Roberto Ruggiero AU - Simona Gili AU - Assia Topatino AU - Vincenzo Amoroso AU - Giuseppina Casalino AU - Alfonso Bosco AU - Ludovico Docimo AU - Alberto del Genio ED - Mauro Bortolotti Y1 - 2012-03-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Laparoscopic Total Fundoplication for Refractory GERD: How to Achieve Optimal Long-Term Outcomes by Preoperative Instrumental Assessment and a Standardized Technique N2 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease affects many patients. This disease not only lowers their quality of life, but it also threatens some of them with an underhand risk of cancer. Additionally, it becomes an economic burden for the patients and society. The aim of this book on gastroesophageal reflux disease is to provide advice and guidance to gastroenterologists to help them understand and manage some aspects of this proteiform disease. BT - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/31456 DO - 10.5772/31456 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -