Medical Comorbidities Should Not Deter the Application of Laparoscopic Fundoplication
| Autor: | Michelle Vice, Sharona Ross, Farhaad Golkar, Sujat Dahal, Alexander S. Rosemurgy, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Connor Morton, Demitri Arnaoutakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Manometry medicine.medical_treatment Respiratory Tract Diseases Fundoplication Nissen fundoplication Patient satisfaction Pressure medicine Humans Musculoskeletal Diseases Prospective Studies Laparoscopy Prospective cohort study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Mental Disorders Gastroenterology Reflux Follow up studies Symptom severity Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities digestive system diseases Surgery Treatment Outcome Cardiovascular Diseases Patient Satisfaction Gastroesophageal Reflux GERD Female Nervous System Diseases Gastrointestinal Motility business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 14:1214-1219 |
| ISSN: | 1873-4626 1091-255X |
| Popis: | Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication offers significant improvement in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptom severity and frequency. This study was undertaken to determine the impact of preoperative medical comorbidities on the outcome and satisfaction of patients undergoing fundoplication for GERD.Prior to fundoplication, patients underwent esophageal motility testing and 24-h pH monitoring. Before and after fundoplication, the frequency and severity of reflux symptoms were scored using a Likert scale. Medical comorbidities were classified by organ systems, and patients were assigned points corresponding to the number of medical comorbidities they had. In addition, all patients were assigned Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) scores according to the medical comorbidities they had. A medical comorbidity was defined as a preexisting medical condition, not related to GERD, for which the patient was receiving treatment. Analyses were then conducted to determine the impact of medical comorbidities as well as CCI score on overall outcome, symptom improvement, and satisfaction.Six hundred and ninety-six patients underwent fundoplication: 538 patients had no medical comorbidities and 158 patients had one or more medical comorbidities. Preoperatively, there were no differences in symptom severity and frequency scores between patients with or without medical comorbidities. Postoperatively, all patients had improvement in their symptom severity and frequency scores. There were no differences in postoperative symptom scores between the patients with medical comorbidities and those without. The majority of patients were satisfied with their overall outcome; there was no relationship between the number of medical comorbidities and satisfaction scores. These findings were mirrored when patients' CCI scores were compared with satisfaction, overall outcome, and symptom improvement.These results promote further application of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, even for patients with medical comorbidities. |
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