[Surgical therapy of gastro-esophageal reflux (clinical contribution)]

The Authors, on the basis of 119 cases of gastroesophageal reflux, submitted to intervention at the Surgical Department of Verona from 1970 up to 1983, seize this opportunity for some remarks about the problem: in fact, its physiopathology is still discussed, and numerous were the surgical techniques suggested for its treatment. 56 patients, treated according to Nissen-Rossetti's technique, and 16, in whom the antireflux plastic operation was complemented by a selected proximal vagotomy with pyloroplastics, were remote-checked. The good results got till now mean the SPV + P can be usefully associated to the antireflux plastics for hiatal hernia.