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  • Title: Preoperative determinants of an esophageal lengthening procedure in laparoscopic antireflux surgery.
    Author: Urbach DR, Khajanchee YS, Glasgow RE, Hansen PD, Swanstrom LL.
    Journal: Surg Endosc; 2001 Dec; 15(12):1408-12. PubMed ID: 11965455.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In a minority of patients undergoing antireflux surgery, an esophageal lengthening procedure is required to reduce the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) below the esophageal hiatus. We evaluated risk factors associated with an irreducible GEJ to identify clinical features that were predictive of the need for a Collis gastroplasty in patients undergoing laparoscopic antireflux surgery. METHODS: Patients who required a Collis gastroplasty during a laparoscopic antireflux procedure (defined as the inability to reduce the GEJ > 2.5 cm below the esophageal hiatus despite extensive mobilization of the mediastinal esophagus) were compared to a random sample of patients who did not have a Collis gastroplasty. Predictors of the need for an esophageal lengthening procedure were identified using logistic regression modeling. Risks were expressed as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: Twenty patients who had a Collis gastroplasty were compared to 133 patients who had adequate esophageal length. The presence of a stricture (OR 3.0; 95% CI 1.0, 9.7), paraesophageal hernia (OR 3.5; 95% CI 1.3, 9.6), Barrett's esophagus (OR 3.7, 95% CI 1.3, 10.7), and re-do antireflux surgery (OR 6.4; 95% CI 2.0, 20.7) were associated with the need for gastroplasty. Patients with none of these factors were extremely unlikely to require a gastroplasty (OR 0.08; 95% CI 0.02, 0.34). CONCLUSION: Patients undergoing laparoscopic antireflux surgery who are at high risk of needing an esophageal lengthening procedure can be easily identified preoperatively using simple clinical characteristics.
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