[Surgical management of reflux disease--laparoscopy: renaissance of fundoplication?]

The importance of the surgical treatment of the gastroesophageal reflux disease have been increased in recent years. After the medical treatment has spread, the minimally invasive procedures were developed. Testing these procedures clinically and applying them on several numbers of patients, the surgical solution has become conspicuous again and the good results proved reason for the existence of the surgical methods that are effective, safe, cost-effective and load to limited complications. The goal of this article is to sum up the advance of the antireflux-surgery, to give a summary about the tendencies of surgical therapies and representating the new results on this topic.