ABSTRACT
In 1956, Rudolph Nissen of Basel, Switzerland, described the fundoplication procedure that he had been using for the previous 20 years to minimize postoperative reflux after resection of a peptic ulcer in the region of the cardia of the stomach. The technique did not involve division of the short gastric vessels, and the wrap extended for 4-6 cm on the esophagus. Subsequently, modifications have been made by Rossetti, Dor, Toupet, Donahue, and DeMeester.
