Authors: Edward D Auyang Patrice Carter Thomas Rauth Robert D Fanelli SAGES Guidelines Committee
Publish Date: 2013/06/26
Volume: 27, Issue: 8, Pages: 2658-2672
Abstract
The following Clinical Spotlight Review regarding the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease is intended for physicians who manage and treat it The review is meant to critically assess these techniques and the available evidence supporting their safety and efficacy On the basis of the level of evidence recommendations may or may not be given for their use in clinical practiceGuidelines for clinical practice and spotlight reviews are intended to indicate preferable approaches to medical problems as established by experts in the field These recommendations are based on existing data or on a consensus of expert opinion when few or no data are available Spotlight reviews are applicable to all physicians who address the clinical problem without regard to specialty training or interests and they are intended to convey recommendations based on a focused topic Within the defined scope of review and within the complex health care environment theySAGES Guidelines Committee members are Robert A Andrews Edward D Auyang Ziad T Awad Simon Bergman Patrice R Carter Ronald Hanson Clements Giovanni Dapri Elias Darido Teresa Catherine deBecheAdams Steven R DeMeester David Earle Robert D Fanelli Erika K Fellinger David R Flum Shannon A Fraser Melanie Goldfarb Stephen P Haggerty William Borden Hooks III William W Hope Mustafa Hussain Geoffrey Paul Kohn Daniel T McKenna Allan Okrainec David W Overby Francesco Palazzo Jonathan P Pearl Raymond R Price Arthur Lee Rawlings William S Richardson Kurt E Roberts John Scott Roth Alan A Saber Tejinder Paul Singh Dimitrios Stefanidis Joerg Zehetner Marc Zerey Thomas P Rauth Celeste M Hollands
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