Bad Response to Medical Therapy and Atypical Symptoms are Negative Prognostic Factors for Postoperative Dysphagia After Antireflux Surgery
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of clinical Gastroenterology |
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| Field | Surgery incl. transplantology |
| Keywords | atypical symtoms; dysphagia; reflux; surgery |
| Description | Postoperative dysphagia cannot be predicted by preoperative pH metry, preoperative manometry and age. Postoperative dysphagia was the most frequent in patients with atypical symptomatology and absence of typical symptoms, and in patients with bad response to medical therapy of proton pump inhibitor. These negative prognostic factors were more frequently found in females. We conclude that routine use of preoperative functional esophageal measurement is controversial, because according to our results, the preoperative pH metry and manometry cannot predict postoperative dysphagia. |
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