Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery

Sungsoo Park, MD, Division of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Miguel A. Burch, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. Joong-Min Park, MD, Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

1 The Chronicle of Antireflux Surgery.- 2 GERD pathogenesis and essential anatomic knowledge for antireflux surgery.- 3 Clinical manifestations and surgical indications of gastroesophageal reflux disease.- 4 Anti-reflux surgery to extra-esophageal manifestations of GERD.- 5 Diagnostic tests and interpretations before anti-reflux surgery.- 6 Various Techniques of Anti-reflux treatment.- 7 Postoperative Clinical Pathway after Anti-reflux Surgery.- 8 Complications after antireflux surgery (ARS) and managements.- 9 Long-term Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-reflux Surgery.- 10 Failure and Revision of Antireflux Surgery.- 11 Anti-reflux Surgery during Specific Situations: Achalasia, Para-esophageal Large Hiatal Hernia.- 12 Reflux after Bariatric Surgery.- 13 Emerging surgical options.