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Abstract
CLINICIAN'S CORNER Laparoscopic Surgery vs Esomeprazole for GERD Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) often require long-term medical treatment or antireflux surgery for symptom relief. To evaluate the long-term treatment efficacy of proton pump inhibitor therapy vs laparoscopic antireflux surgery, Galmiche and colleagues randomly assigned patients with chronic GERD who were initially responsive to proton pump inhibitor therapy to receive either esomeprazole (20-40 mg/d,...