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Zentralbl Chir
; 113(12): 772-81, 1988.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3063016
ABSTRACT
The experience obtained in 90 consecutive Toupet's valvuloplasties performed at the General Surgery Service of the "Calixto Garcia" University Hospital is presented. Indications for the operation were a sliding hiatal hernia in 87 patients and an incompetent inferior esophageal sphincter in 3 patients. The time elapsed after operation ranged from 1 to 9 years in 80 patients who could be followed up (88.9% of the casuistic).--There was no mortality directly related with the surgical procedure, 95% of the patients improved their symptoms and in 85% of them there were no symptoms dependent of the valvuloplasty performed.