Plexiglas (polymethylmethacrylate) implantation: technique, pre-clinical and clinical experience.
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.
Feretis
Christos
C
Department of Therapeutic Endoscopy, HYGEIA Hospital, Erythrou Stavrou 4 & Kifissias Avenue, 115 23, Athens, Greece.
Benakis
Paul
P
Dimopoulos
Christos
C
Dailianas
Apostolos
A
Stamou
Konstantinos M
KM
Manouras
Andreas
A
Apostolidis
Nickolaos
N
Androulakis
George
G
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
D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate