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This article and video presents our Toupet procedure. It is a modern adaptation of Toupet's original technique. Toupet described his technique of fundoplication in 1963 (Toupet, Mem Aca Chir 89:394, 1963). He had little experience but saw the importance of a partial wrap to avoid postoperative dysphagia. He recommended closure of the hiatus only in case of large hernias and never divided the short gastric vessels. If we talk about a Toupet procedure today, we mean a posterior partial fundoplication. In contrary to his original technique, we have learned that hiatal closure is important to avoid recurrent hernia and that the wrap in most cases can be tailored more nicely if the short gastric vessels are divided. This modern adaptation of the Toupet's operation is a very successful tool to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
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Wenck, C., Zornig, C. Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication. Langenbecks Arch Surg 395, 459–461 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-010-0637-y
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