Fundoplication - children - discharge; Nissen fundoplication -
children - discharge; Belsey (Mark IV) fundoplication - children
- discharge; Toupet fundoplication - children - discharge; Thal
fundoplication - children - discharge; Hiatal hernia repair -
children - discharge; Endoluminal fundoplication - children -
discharge When Your Child Was in the Hospital Your child had
surgery to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD is
a condition that causes food or liquid to come up from the
stomach into the esophagus. This is the tube that carries food
from the mouth to the stomach. During the operation, the surgeon
wrapped the upper part of your child’s stomach around the end of
the esophagus. The surgery was done in one of these ways:
Through a large incision (cut) in your child’s upper belly (open
surgery) With a laparoscope (a thin tube with a tiny camera on
the end) By endoluminal repair (like a laparoscope, but the
surgeon goes in though the mouth) Your child may also have had a
plyoroplasty proced