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Fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in hiatal hernia

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Fundoplication, using an abdominal approach, is advocated to create an adequate substitute for the insufficient sphincter in gastroesophageal reflux associated with hiatus hernia. To achieve success, correct indications for surgical treatment are important. Based on experience with approximately 1,400 patients over the past 20 years, these include: (a) a retrosternal burning sensation (in 90% of our cases); (b) objective confirmation of reflux by means of x-ray and endoscopic examination, together with biopsy examination of the esophageal mucosa and gastric acid evaluation; and (c) evidence of organic complications such as endobrachyesophagus with ulcerostenotic changes at the junction between the esophageal and gastric mucosa. Long-term follow-up of 590 patients with simple reflux esophagitis who underwent fundoplication showed that 87.5% were symptom free. In 44 patients with complicated gastroesophageal reflux disease, fundoplication produced clinical healing in 84.1%.

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La fundoplicature par voie abdominale est conseillée en cas de reflux gastro-oesophagien associé à une hernie hiatale, car cette opération pallie la fonction du sphincter déficient. Le succès dépend des indications opératoires. En nous basant sur près de 1,400 cas vus au cours de 20 dernières années, nous pouvons préciser les éléments importants de ces indications: (a) sensation de brûlure rétrosternale (80% des cas); (b) confirmation objective du reflux par examen radiologique et endoscopique, biopsie de la muqueuse oesophagienne et étude de la sécrétion gastrique; (c) complications organiques telles que endobrachyoesophage avec sténose et ulcérations à la jonction gastro-oesophagienne. Un follow-up de longue durée de 590 malades avec simple oesophagite de reflux, traités par fundoplicature, a montré que 87.5% sont sans symptomes. Sur 44 malades avec reflux gastro-oesophagien compliqué, la fundoplicature a guéri cliniquement 84.1% d'entre eux.

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Rossetti, M., Hell, K. Fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux in hiatal hernia. World J. Surg. 1, 439–443 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01565907

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