Esophageal motility after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Autor: Constantine Chatzitheofilou, Dimitris Zacharoulis, Spyros P. Potamianos, Fotios D. Tsiopoulos, Eleni Sioka, Dimitris Papamargaritis, George Tzovaras
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology
ISSN: 1178-7023
Popis: Eleni Sioka,1 George Tzovaras,1 Fotios Tsiopoulos,2 Dimitris Papamargaritis,1 Spyros Potamianos,2 Constantine Chatzitheofilou,1 Dimitris Zacharoulis1 1Department of Surgery, 2Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) modifies the upper gastrointestinal tract motility. Controversial data currently exist. The aim of the study was to evaluate esophageal motility before and after LSG.Patients and methods: Morbid obese patients scheduled for LSG underwent reflux symptoms evaluation and manometry preoperatively and postoperatively. The preoperative and postoperative results were compared and analyzed.Results: Eighteen patients were enrolled. Heartburn and regurgitation improved in 38.9% and 11.1% of the patients, but deteriorated in 11.1% and 27.8% of the patients, respectively. Lower esophageal sphincter (LES) total length decreased postoperatively (p=0.002). Resting and residual pressures tended to decrease postoperatively (mean difference [95% confidence interval]: −4 [−8.3/0.2] mmHg, p=0.060; −1.4 [−3/0.1] mmHg, p=0.071, respectively). Amplitude pressure decreased from 95.7±37.3 to 69.8±26.3 mmHg at the upper border of LES (p=0.014), and tended to decrease at the distal esophagus from 128.5±30.1 to 112.1±35.4 mmHg (p=0.06) and mid-esophagus from 72.7±34.5 to 49.4±16.7 mmHg (p=0.006). Peristaltic normal swallow percentage increased from 47.2±36.8 to 82.8±28% (p=0.003). Postoperative regurgitation was strongly negatively correlated with LES total length (Spearman’s r=−0.670). When groups were compared according to heartburn status, statistical significance was observed between the groups of improvement and deterioration regarding postoperative residual pressure and postoperative relaxation (p
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