Gastroesophageal reflux - series

Procedure, part 1


Procedure, part 1

The laparoscopic procedure is being performed more frequently. Long narrow instruments are passed through small incisions in the abdomen. The surgery is viewed through a long narrow fiberoptic tube passed through one of these incisions.



Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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