GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON TRACHEO-ESOPHAGEAL SPEAKING VALVE REHABILITATION AFTER TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a pathological entity in which the mixture of gastric contents (with low pH because of the high content of HCl acid) and biliary juice (rich in proteolytic enzymes like pepsin and trypsin) causes lesions on the mucosa lining the esophagus. A higher prevalen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitara Carol Davila
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Surgical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journalofsurgicalsciences.com/index.php/jss/article/view/264 |