PMID: 8948799Sep 1, 1995Paper

Surgical treatment of esophageal stenosis caused by reflux

Annali italiani di chirurgia
Luigi BonavinaA Peracchia

Abstract

From 1976 to 1993, among 582 patients with reflux esophagitis seen at our Institution, 164 (28%) presented with an esophageal stricture, and 68 of these (41%) underwent surgical treatment. The male to female ratio was 1.6:1, and the median age 51 (range 15-78). Thirteen of the 68 patients (19%) had an associated Barrett's esophagus. Esophageal manometry revealed scleroderma in nine individuals (13%). In 11 patients (16%) observed before 1985 the stricture was not dilatable. Surgical therapy consisted of fundoplication (n = 39), Collis gastroplasty plus fundoplication (n = 10), total duodenal diversion (n = 4), and esophageal resection (n = 15). The mortality rate was 4.4%: two patients died of necrosis of the colon transplant and one of acute pancreatitis. The median follow-up was 27 months (6-129). Esophageal sparing procedures significantly reduced the need of further endoscopic dilatation (p < 0.001). Standard fundoplication was successful in 30 of 39 patients (77%). Regression of Barrett's epithelium was not recorded after any of the conservative surgical procedures.

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