title: Plexiglas (polymethylmethacrylate) implantation: technique, pre-clinical and clinical experience.
abstract: Over the past few decades, a great scientific effort has been made to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). This reflects a trend in modem medicine toward optimizing quality of life, reducing health-related lost working hours, and minimizing costs of chronic treatments. It also reflects a revived interest in diseases that can be studied using novel equipment and that can be cured using minimally invasive techniques. In an effort to further minimize surgical trauma, novel endoscopic techniques are beginning to challenge the standard therapeutic approach to GERD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Endoscopy, HYGEIA Hospital, Erythrou Stavrou 4 & Kifissias Avenue, 115 23, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feretis
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benakis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dailianas
authors.forename: Konstantinos M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stamou
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manouras
authors.forename: Nickolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Apostolidis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androulakis
mesh_terms: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019160:Endosonography; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000639:trends*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate