PMID- 25062898
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150731
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1743-9159 (Electronic)
IS  - 1743-9159 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 9
DP  - 2014
TI  - Is the LINX reflux management system an effective treatment for 
      gastro-oesophageal reflux disease?
PG  - 994-7
LID - S1743-9191(14)00223-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.016 [doi]
AB  - A best evidence topic in surgery was written according to a structured protocol. 
      The question addressed whether LINX Reflux management system is an efficacious 
      treatment for patients with symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 
      not controlled by proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Forty-eight LINX-related papers 
      were identified using the reported search, of which three represented the best 
      evidence to answer the clinical question. The authors, journal, date and country 
      of publication, patient group, study type, relevant outcomes and results of these 
      papers are tabulated. All three studies were prospective case studies. They 
      demonstrated that LINX is an efficacious treatment for GORD patients with good 
      short and medium term outcomes and an acceptable safety profile. Further studies 
      are required to determine its long term outcomes and its relative efficacy as 
      compared to other established treatments.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Surgical Associates Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights 
      reserved.
FAU - Loh, Yiwen
AU  - Loh Y
AD  - Department of Upper GI Surgery, St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 
      0QT, UK.
FAU - McGlone, Emma Rose
AU  - McGlone ER
AD  - Department of Upper GI Surgery, St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 
      0QT, UK.
FAU - Reddy, Marcus
AU  - Reddy M
AD  - Department of Upper GI Surgery, St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 
      0QT, UK.
FAU - Khan, Omar A
AU  - Khan OA
AD  - Department of Upper GI Surgery, St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 
      0QT, UK. Electronic address: okhan342@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20140722
PL  - United States
TA  - Int J Surg
JT  - International journal of surgery (London, England)
JID - 101228232
RN  - 0 (Gastrointestinal Agents)
RN  - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors)
SB  - IM
MH  - Gastroesophageal Reflux/drug therapy/*surgery
MH  - Gastrointestinal Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Humans
MH  - Magnetic Field Therapy/*instrumentation
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Proton Pump Inhibitors/therapeutic use
MH  - Treatment Outcome
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - GERD
OT  - GORD
OT  - LINX
OT  - MSA
OT  - Magnetic sphincter augmentation
OT  - Magnetic sphincter device
EDAT- 2014/07/27 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/01 06:00
CRDT- 2014/07/27 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/06/13 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/07/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/07/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1743-9191(14)00223-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.016 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Surg. 2014;12(9):994-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.016. Epub 2014 Jul 22.