Esophagogastric dissociation is a surgical procedure that is sometimes used to treat

gastroesophageal reflux Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is one of the upper gastrointestinal chronic diseases where stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus, resulting in symptoms and/ ...

, mainly in neurologically impaired children. It has been suggested as an alternative to

Nissen fundoplication A Nissen fundoplication, or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia. In GERD, it is usually performed when medical thera ...

for these cases. Preliminary studies have shown it may have a lower failure rate and a lower incidence of recurrent reflux.

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