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. 1993 Apr;217(4):329–337. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199304000-00004

Nissen fundoplication for reflux esophagitis. Long-term clinical and endoscopic results in 109 of 127 consecutive patients.

M Luostarinen 1
PMCID: PMC1242799  PMID: 8466307

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the clinical and endoscopic long-term results of Nissen fundoplication in reflux esophagitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Nissen fundoplication has been reported to give good results in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux with success rates up to 78-97%. Most of the previous studies on long-term results of fundoplication have, however, been based on interviews with only sporadic endoscopic examinations. METHODS: Of 127 patients consecutively treated with Nissen fundoplication for reflux esophagitis, 109 were available for follow-up after a median of 77 months. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was done in 105 cases, and all the patients with reflux symptoms or abnormal endoscopic observations were referred to esophageal 24-hour pH monitoring and manometry. RESULTS: No symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux were reported by 73 of the 109 patients, but dysphagia was present in 47. Endoscopy showed defective fundic wrap in 24 patients. Objective evidence of reflux was found in 24 patients (endoscopic esophagitis in 18 and pathologic 24-hour pH score without esophagitis in 6). Esophagitis was found in 14 of the 24 patients with defective wrap, but in only 4 of the 81 with infact wrap. CONCLUSIONS: Nissen fundoplication alleviated symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux and cured esophagitis in great majority of cases. The main determinant of outcome was the state of the fundic wrap.

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