Electrical stimulation of the lower oesophageal sphincter: an emerging therapy for treatment of GORD

Autor:	E. Eypasch
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Reflux Stimulation Disease Vascular surgery digestive system diseases Surgery Cardiac surgery Clinical trial medicine Lower oesophageal sphincter business Abdominal surgery
Zdroj:	European Surgery. 46:57-64
ISSN:	1682-4016 1682-8631
DOI:	10.1007/s10353-014-0259-7
Popis:	Background A significant proportion of gastro-oesophageal reflux patients remain unsatisfied with medical treatment and suffer from residual symptoms or quality-of-life issues. Anti-reflux surgery demonstrates excellent results in clinical trials, but is not widely utilized due to concerns of side effects, long-term failures and suboptimal results from low-volume centres. Hence, the search for a less invasive treatment has been an active area of clinical development. Electrical stimulation is increasingly utilized for various neuromuscular disorders and has recently emerged as a new minimally invasive treatment option for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) by modulating the dysfunctional lower oesophageal sphincter.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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