Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Antireflux Surgery-What Is the Proper Preoperative Work-up?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-20

  Bello, Brian ^a   Zoccali, Marco ^a   Gullo, Roberto ^a   Allaix, Marco E ^a   Herbella, Fernando A ^a   Gasparaitis, Arunas ^a   Patti, Marco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory 24 h pH monitoring; Barium esophagography; Endoscopy; Esophageal manometry; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Laparoscopic antireflux surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871991864     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-2057-5     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Dent J, El Serag HB, Wallander MA, Johansson S. Epidemiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a systematic review. Gut 2005; 54: 710-717.
2. Campos GM, Peters JH, DeMeester TR, Oberg S, Crookes PF, Tan S, DeMeester SR, Hagen J, Bremner CG. Multivariate analysis of factors predicting outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. J Gastrointest Surg 1999; 3: 292-300.
3. Waring JP, Hunter JG, Oddsdottir M, Wo J, Katz E. The preoperative evaluation of patients considered for laparoscopic surgery. Am J Gastroenterol 1995; 90: 35-38.
4. Khajanchee YS, Hong D, Hansen PD, Swanstrom LL. Outcomes of antireflux surgery in patients with normal preoperative 24-hour pH test results. Am J Surg 2004; 187: 599-603.
5. Armstrong D, Monnier P, Nicolet M, Blum Al, Savary M. The "MUSE" system. In: R. Giuli, GNJ Tyagt, TR DeMeester, JP Galmiche (eds) The Esophageal mucosa. New York, Elsevier, 1994.
6. Jamieson JR, Stein HJ, DeMeester TR, Bonavina L, Schwizer W, Hinder RA, Albertucci M. Ambulatory 24-h esophageal pH monitoring: normal values, optimal thresholds, specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility. Am J Gastroenterol 1992; 87: 1102-1111.
7. Patti MG, Arcerito M, Tong J, de Pinto M, de Bellis M, Wang A, Feo CV, Mulvhill SJ, Way LW. Importance of preoperative and postoperative pH monitoring in patients with esophageal achalasia. J Gastrointest Surg 1997; 1: 505-510.
8. Patti MG, Diener U, Tamburini A, Molena D, Way LW. Role of esophageal function tests in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Dig Dis Sci 2001; 46: 597-602.
9. Csendes A, Rencoret G, Beltran M, Smok G, Henriquez A. Relationship between gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and 24 h esophageal pH measurements in patients with normal or minimally abnormal upper endoscopies. Rev Med Chil 2004; 132: 19-25.
10. Chan K, Liu G, Miller L, Ma C, Xu W, Schlachia CM, Darling G. Lack of correlation between a self-administered subjective GERD questionnaire and pathologic GERD diagnosed by esophageal pH monitoring. J Gastrointest Surg 2010; 14: 427-436.
11. Fisichella PM, Raz D, Palazzo F, Niponmick I, Patti MG. Clinical, radiological, and manometric profile in 145 patients with untreated achalasia. World J Surg 2008; 32: 1974-1979.
12. Streets CG, DeMeester TR. Ambulatory 24-hour pH monitoring: why, when, and what to do. J Clin Gastroenterol 2003; 37: 14-22.
13. Ott DJ. Gastroesophageal reflux. What is the role of barium studies? Am J Roentgenol 1994; 162: 627-629.
14. Chen MY, Ott DJ, Sinclair JW, Wu WC, Gelfand DW. Gastroesophageal reflux disease: correlation of esophageal pH testing and radiographic findings. Radiology 1992; 185: 483-486.
15. Johnson F, Joelsson B, Gudmundsson K, Greiff L. Symptoms and endoscopic findings in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Scan J Gastroenterol 1987; 22: 714-718.
16. Richter JE. Typical and atypical presentation s of gastroesophageal reflux disease. The role of esophageal testing in diagnosis and management. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1996; 25: 75-102.
17. Amano Y, Ishimura N, Furuta K, Okita K, Masaharu M, Azumi T, Ose T, Kshino K, Ishihara S, Adachi K, Kinoshita Y. Interobserver agreement on classifying endoscopic diagnoses of nonerosive esophagitis. Endoscopy2006; 38: 1032-1035.
18. Bytzer P, Havelund T, Moller Hansen J. Interobserver variation in the endoscopic diagnosis of reflux esophagitis. Scan J Gastroenterol 1993; 28: 119-125.
19. Patti MG, Arcerito M, Feo CV, De Pinto M, Tong J, Gantert W, Tyrrell D, Way LW. An analysis of operations for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Identifying the important technical elements. Arch Surg 1998; 133: 600-607.
20. Horvath KD, Jobe BA, Herron Dm, Swanstrom LL. Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication is an inadequate procedure for patients with severe reflux disease. J Gastrointest Surg 1999; 3: 583-591.
21. Patti MG, Robinson T, Galvani C, Gorodner MV, Fisichella PM, Way LW. Total fundoplication is superior to partial fundoplication even when esophageal peristalsis is weak. J Am Coll Surg 2004; 198: 863-870.
22. Khajanchee YS, Hong D, Hansen PD, Swanstrom LL. Outcomes of antireflux surgery in patients with normal preoperative 24-hour pH test results. Am J Surg 2004; 187: 599-603.
23. Patti MG, Arcerito M, Tamburini A, Diener U, Feo CV, Safadi B, Fisichella P, Way LW. Effect of laparoscopic fundoplication on gastroesophageal reflux disease-induced respiratory symptoms. J Gastrointest Surg 2000; 4: 143-149.
24. Patti MG, Molena D, Fisichella PM, Perretta S, Way LW. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and chest pain. Results of laparoscopic antireflux surgery. Surg Endosc 2002; 16: 563-566.
25. Roman S, Pandolfino JE, Woodland P, Sifrim D. Testing for gastroesophageal reflux in the 21st century. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2011; 1232: 358-364.
26. Mainie I, Tutuian R, Agrawal A, Adams D, Castell DO. Combined multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH monitoring to select patients with persistent gastro-oesophageal reflux for laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Br J Surg 2006; 93: 1483-1487.
27. Hirano I, Richter JE, and the Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. ACG practice guidelines: esophageal reflux testing. Am J Gastroenterol 2007; 102: 668-685.