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Preferential performance of Thal fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease: a single institution experience
Daisuke Ishii1, Kazutoshi Miyamoto2, Masatoshi Hirasawa2
1Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, 2-1-1, Midorigaoka-Higashi, Asahikawashi, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan. d-ishii@asahikawa-med.ac.jp.
Purpose:
Nissen fundoplication (NF) is the most commonly used surgical treatment for persistent gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We introduced to the alternative Thal fundoplication (TF) (partial anterior wrapping) in 1998. The purpose of this paper is to review and report on the effectiveness of TF in our department.
Methods:
We retrospectively analyzed cases of 281 patients who underwent TF for GERD at our hospital from 1998 to 2019.
Results:
Average age, 16.3 ± 18.1 years; average body weight, 21.0 ± 16.0 kg; average operative time, 89.1 ± 43.0 min; average volume of bleeding, 11.6 ± 29.2 g; enteral feeding commenced after an average of 3.4 ± 1.3 postoperative days (PODs), and average postoperative full enteral feeding was 6.3 ± 1.4 PODs. Five patients (1.8%) had Clavien-Dindo classification III or higher; average hospital stay duration was 10.3 ± 6.0 days, with symptom recurrence affecting 17 patients (6.1%).
Conclusion:
TF may be an effective and simple treatment for GERD that has few recurrences and avoids complications common to NF, but further studies to compare it with other techniques are needed.
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