Table 3.
Comparison of current symptoms between patients with recurrent hernia by barium esophagram and those without recurrent hernia
| Radiographic recurrence?b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom | Currently present?a (n, %) | yes | no | p-valuec | Crude OR (95% CI) |
| Dysphagia (n=380) | |||||
| Yes (94, 25%) | 15 | 79 | 0.13 | 1.75 (0.89, 3.5) | |
| No (286, 75%) | 28 | 258 | |||
| Heartburn (n=373) | |||||
| Yes (101, 27%) | 11 | 90 | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.44, 1.9) | |
| No (272, 73%) | 32 | 240 | |||
| Regurgitation (n=350) | |||||
| Yes (36, 10%) | 6 | 30 | 0.28 | 1.65 (0.64, 4.3) | |
| No (314, 90%) | 34 | 280 | |||
| Chest/Abdominal Pain (n=330) | |||||
| Yes (46, 14%) | 7 | 39 | 0.31 | 1.58 (0.65, 3.9) | |
| No (284, 86%) | 29 | 255 | |||
| Postprandial Bloating (n=408) | |||||
| Yes (122, 30%) | 16 | 106 | 0.50 | 1.24 (0.65, 2.67) | |
| No (286, 70%) | 31 | 255 | |||
| Aspiration (n=318) | |||||
| Yes (11, 4%) | 1 | 10 | 1.00 | 0.92 (0.11, 7.5) | |
| No (307, 96%) | 30 | 277 | |||
| Shortness of Breath (n=326) | |||||
| Yes (48, 15%) | 7 | 41 | 0.31 | 1.59 (0.65, 3.9) | |
| No (278, 85%) | 27 | 251 | |||
| Proton Pump Inhibitors (n=369) | |||||
| Yes (145, 39%) | 16 | 129 | 1.00 | 0.99 (0.51, 1.9) | |
| No (224, 61%) | 25 | 199 | |||
a
n=number of patients with current symptom assessment
b
Analysis includes only those patients with a barium swallow at least 3 months after initial operation and current symptom complaints. If patients required reoperation (including recurrent hernia, treatment of obesity or esophageal cancer), symptom follow-up was censored to the most recent symptoms prior to reoperation
c
Fischer’s exact test for differences in symptoms between patients with and without radiographic recurrence