Acid Reflux

Research from La Sapienza University broadens understanding of life sciences

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"Forty patients were operated on between January 2006 and July 2007, and 30 underwent a 24-hour postoperative pH-metry study. Ninety-two percent of the patients were asymptomatic at a follow-up of 12 months. All pH-metric parameters improved. DeMeester and Johnson's score was reduced from 44.7 to 7.75; endoscopy with histologic samples revealed the healing of esophagitis in all patients; 4 (13%) patients complained of dysphagia, which resolved within 1 month after surgery. Twenty-seven (90%) patients were completely satisfied by their surgical results," wrote F. Tosato and colleagues, La Sapienza University.

The researchers concluded: "One year after surgery, 24-hour ph-metric results show that laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication can completely control acid reflux with relatively few complications and a high degree of patient satisfaction.."

Tosato and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques (Functional Evaluation at 1-Year Follow-Up of Laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti Fundoplication. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2009;19(3):351-354).

For additional information, contact F. Tosato, Roma La Sapienza University, Dept. of General Surgery F Durante, Policinico Umberto I, 155 Viale Policinico, I-00161 Rome, Italy.

The publisher's contact information for the Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques is: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 140 Huguenot Street, 3RD FL, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA.

Keywords: Italy, Rome, Life Sciences, Gastroenterology, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Acid Reflux, La Sapienza University.

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