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The staging of severity in gastroesophageal reflux disease
A Duranceau1, P Ferraro, G G Jamieson
1Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Chest Surgery Clinics of North America
|January 15, 2002
Abstract:
The concept of staging gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has evolved in past decades. In 1974, it was recommended that a standardized method be used to assess the severity and degree of reflux; in 1988, it was proposed that staging be used to evaluate and to report GERD objectively. Some clinicians have since experimented with the staging system by reporting on definite forms of GERD, and others have offered ideas to improve the objectivity of evaluating and reporting GERD.