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Do we need to rethink fundoplication for patients who have failed proton-pump-inhibitor therapy?

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  1. Gastroenterology Fellow Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Inder Mainie

  2. Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Donald O Castell

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Dr Castell is a consultant for Sandhill® Scientific Inc, Highlands Ranch, CO.

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Mainie, I., Castell, D. Do we need to rethink fundoplication for patients who have failed proton-pump-inhibitor therapy?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 2–3 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0363

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