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What is a fundoplication?

What is a fundoplication? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
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In some patients, the fundoplication can be performed using minimally invasive surgery, or laparoscopy.
The 40-year-old man underwent partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy for gastro-oesophageal reflux unresponsive to fundoplication.
Previous surgical history included a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication 16 years earlier complicated by a postoperative hiatal hernia.
Gastropericardial fistula and Candida kruzei pericarditis following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication.
Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al.

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