title: [Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery--report of experiences in Austria].
abstract: In Austria neither the open nor the laparoscopic fundoplication can be described as a routine operation. The number of laparoscopic operations is increasing year by year, the indication for surgery is more determined by radiological than by functional diagnostic tools. In our own patients the complication rate in 196 laparoscopic operations is 6%, regarding symptoms of reflux and dysphagia. Dysphagia was found only in cases with 360 degrees fundoplication, whereas recurrent reflux occurred in 270 degrees hemifundoplications (Toupet). The mortality rate following laparoscopic fundoplications was zero, morbidity below 10%.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, A. ö.Krankenhaus Zell am See.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pointer
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018662:Fundoplication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Laparoskopische Antirefluxchirurgie--Erfahrungsbericht aus Osterreich.