TY - BOOK AU - Ayman Mohamed Abdelaziz Hassan AU - Ahmed Sadek , AU - Glen Lehman , AU - Nabil Elkady , TI - Radiofrequency energy delivery to the gastroesophageal junction for the endoscopic treatment of gerd / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ayman Mohamed Abdelaziz Hassan , KW - Gerd KW - HRQL KW - Stretta N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - To determine the effectivesness of the stretta procedure in GERD patients and to compare it to conventional medical treatment. One hundred GERD patients were randomly assigned into 2 group: A- Fifty patient underwent stretta, B- Fifty patients underwent medical treatment (rabeprazole 20mg/day) for 6 months, then the medical treatment was stopped for 6 months if possible UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -