Preoperative lower esophageal sphincter pressure affects outcome of laparoscopic esophageal myotomy for achalasia

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 328-334

  Arain, Mustafa A ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a,b   Tamhankar, Anan P ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^a   Almogy, Gideon ^a   Demeester, Steven R ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Hagen, Jeffrey A ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Demeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophagus; Laparoscopy; LES; Myotomy

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOR FUNDOPLICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SATISFACTION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGERY; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOUPET FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144291645     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Spiess A.E., Kahrilas P.J. Treating achalasia: From whalebone to laparoscope. JAMA. 280:1998;638-642.
2. Spechler S.J. AGA technical review on treatment of patients with dysphagia caused by benign disorders of the distal esophagus. Gastroenterology. 117:1999;233-254.
3. Bonavina L., Incarbone R., Reitano M., Antoniazzi L., Peracchia A. Does previous endoscopic treatment affect the outcome of laparoscopic Heller myotomy? Ann Chir. 125:2000;45-49.
4. Horgan S., Hudda K., Eubanks T., McAllister J., Pellegrini C.A. Does botulinum toxin injection make esophagomyotomy a more difficult operation? Surg Endosc. 13:1999;576-579.
5. Hunter J.G., Trus T.L., Branum G.D., Waring J.P. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication for achalasia. Ann Surg. 225:1999;655-664.
6. Patti M.G., Feo C.V., Arcerito M., De Pinto M., Tamburini A., Diener U., Gantert W., Way L.W. Effects of previous treatment on results of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia. Dig Dis Sci. 44:1999;2270-2276.
7. Ponce J., Juan M., Garrigues V., Pascual S., Berenguer J. Efficacy and safety of cardiomyotomy in patients with achalasia after failure of pneumatic dilatation. Dig Dis Sci. 44:1999;2277-2282.
8. Patti M.G., Feo C.V., Diener U., Tamburini A., Arcerito M., Safadi B., Way L.W. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy relieves dysphagia in achalasia when the esophagus is dilated. Surg Endosc. 13:1999;843-847.
9. Pechlivanides G., Chrysos E., Athanasakis E., Tsiaoussis J., Vassilakis J.S., Xynos E. Laparoscopic Heller cardiomyotomy and Dor fundoplication for esophageal achalasia: Possible factors predicting outcome. Arch Surg. 136:2001;1240-1243.
10. Sharp K.W., Khaitan L., Scholz S., Holzman M.D., Richards W.O. 100 consecutive minimally invasive Heller myotomies: Lessons learned. Ann Surg. 235:2002;631-638.
11. Igci A., Muslumanoglu M., Dolay K., Yamaner S., Asoglu O., Avci C. Laparoscopic esophagomyotomy without an antireflux procedure for the treatment of achalasia. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 8:1998;409-416.
12. Kjellin A.P., Granqvist S., Ramel S., Thor K.B. Laparoscopic myotomy without fundoplication in patients with achalasia. Eur J Surg. 165:1999;1162-1166.
13. Zaninotto G., DeMeester T.R., Schwizer W., Johansson K.E., Cheng S.C. The lower esophageal sphincter in health and disease. Am J Surg. 155:1988;104-111.
14. Hamrah P., Bremner C.G., Hagen J.A., Gastal O., Campos M.R., Crookes P., Sillin L.F., Peters J.H., DeMeester T.R. Lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation. A standardized method of analysis. Gastroenterology. 116:1999;A1331.
15. Costantini M., DeMeester T.R. Preoperative assessment of esophageal function. Bremner C.G., DeMeester T.R., Peracchia A. Modern Approach to Benign Esophageal Disease. 1995;17-56 Quality Medical Publishing, St Louis.
16. Demeester T.R., Johnson L.F., Joseph G.J., Toscano M.S., Hall A.W., Skinner D.B. Patterns of gastroesophageal reflux in health and disease. Ann Surg. 184:1976;459-470.
17. Crookes P.F., Corkill S., DeMeester T.R. Gastroesophageal reflux in achalasia. When is reflux really reflux? Dig Dis Sci. 42:1997;1354-1361.
18. Balaji N.S., Peters J.H. Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal motility disorders. Surg Clin North Am. 82:2002;763-782.
19. Toupet A. Technique d'oesophago-gastroplastie avec phrenó gastropexie appliqué dans la cure radicale des hernies hiateles et comme complément de l'operation d'Heller dans les cardiospasmes. Mem Acad Chir. 89:1963;394-399.
20. Dor J., Hmbert P., Dor V., et al. L'intérât de la technique de Nissen midifiée dans le prévention du reflux après cardiomyotomie extrazmuqueuse de Heller. Mem Acad Chir. 88:1962;877-884.
21. Eckardt V.F. Clinical presentations and complications of achalasia. Gastrointest Endosc Clin North Am. 11:2001;281-292.
22. Zaninotto G., Costantini M., Molena D., Portale G., Costantino M., Nicoletti L., Ancona E. Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal achalasia. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 11:2001;351-359.
23. Ackroyd R., Watson D.I., Devitt P.G., Jamieson G.G. Laparoscopic cardiomyotomy and anterior partial fundoplication for achalasia. Surg Endosc. 15:2001;683-686.
24. Donahue P.E., Teresi M., Patel S., Schlesinger P.K. Laparoscopic myotomy in achalasia: Intraoperative evidence for myotomy of the gastric cardia. Dis Esoph. 12:1999;30-36.
25. Heniford B.T., Matthews B.D., Kercher K.W., Yavorski R., Greer S.F., Goldstein S.L., Deal S.E., Paccico T., Drake S., Colvin A., Cyzner R., Sing R.F. Laparoscopic anterior esophageal myotomy and toupet fundoplication for achalasia. Am Surg. 67:2001;1059-1065. discussion 1065-1067.
26. Patti M.G., Pellegrini C.A., Horgan S., Arcerito M., Omelanczuk P., Tamburini A., Diener U., Eubanks T.R., Way L.W. Minimally invasive surgery for achalasia: An 8-year experience with 168 patients. Ann Surg. 230:1999;587-593. discussion 593-594.
27. Hunter J.G., Trus T.L., Branum G.D., Waring J.B. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and fundoplication for achalasia. Ann Surg. 225:1997;655-665.
28. Vogt D., Curet M., Pitcher D., Josloff R., Milne R.L., Zucker K. Successful treatment of esophageal achalasia with laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Toupet fundoplication. Am J Surg. 174:1997;709-714.
29. Zaninotto G., Costantini M., Molena D., Buin F., Carta A., Nicoletti L., Ancona C. Treatment of esophageal achalasia with laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor partial anterior fundoplication: Prospective evaluation of 100 consecutive patients. J GASTROINTEST SURG. 4:2000;282-289.
30. Donahue P.E., Horgan S., Liu K.J., Madura J.A. Floppy Dor fundoplication after esophagocardiomyotomy for achalasia. Surgery. 132:2002;716-722.
31. Raiser F., Perdikis G., Hinder R.A., Swanstrom L.L., Filipi C.J., McBride P.J., Katada N., Neary P.J. Heller myotomy via minimal-access surgery. An evaluation of antireflux procedures. Arch Surg. 131:1996;593-597.
32. Hunter J.G., Richardson W.S. Surgical management of achalasia. Surg Clin North Am. 77:1997;993-1015.