Table 3.

Reflux Esophagitis Grading and Severity between the USC and the NC.

	NC	USC	P
Reflux esophagitis	40 (24.7)	6 (7.7)	0.003
Severe Reflux	22 (13.6)	0 (0.0)	0.001
LA classification			<0.001
A	0 (0.0)	3 (3.8)
B	20 (12.3)	3 (3.8)
C	20 (12.3)	0 (0.0)
D	4 (2.5)	0 (0.0)

USC, Ultra-short cecum; NC, Normal cecum; LA, Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles (LA) classification a clinical classification of reflux esophagitis based on endoscopic results, and the Visick classification is a symptom classification based on patient follow-up scoring; severe reflux symptoms were defined as grade 3 or 4 on the Visick classification scale.

P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.