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ArticleFrontiers of medicine2015

Outcome of Stretta radiofrequency and fundoplication for GERD-related severe asthmatic symptoms.

Zhiwei Hu, Jimin Wu, Zhonggao Wang, Yu Zhang, Weitao Liang, Chao Yan

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Article in Frontiers of medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Zhiwei HuDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China.
Jimin WuDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China.
Zhonggao WangDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China. zhonggaowang@126.com.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China.
Weitao LiangDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China.
Chao YanDepartment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, the Second Artillery General Hospital PLA, Beijing, 100088, China.
Second Artillery General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the outcome of treatment with Stretta radiofrequency (SRF) or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF). A total of 137 gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients with severe asthmatic symptoms who responded inadequately to medical treatment for asthma were investigated. The patients were followed up 1 year and 5 years after SRF (n = 82) or LNF (n = 55) treatment. A questionnaire covering 29 related symptoms and medication use was employed. Digestive, respiratory, and ear-nose-throat (ENT) symptom scores significantly decreased after antireflux treatment. Symptom scores respectively changed from 17.2 ± 10.1, 31.9 ± 6.6, and 21.1 ± 11.8 to 5.0 ± 6.2, 11.5 ± 10.2, and 6.3 ± 6.8 at 1 year and to 5.6 ± 6.5, 13.1 ± 10.1, and 7.8 ± 7.2 at 5 years (P < 0.001). The outcome of LNF was significantly better than that of SRF in terms of digestive (P < 0.001, P = 0.001), respiratory (P = 0.006, P = 0.001), and ENT symptoms (P = 0.006, P = 0.003) at both 1 year and 5 years. SRF and LNF were both effective against the digestive symptoms of GERD as well as GERD-related severe asthmatic and ENT symptoms, with better outcomes exhibited by the LNF group. Severe asthmatic symptoms and GERD were closely associated, and this finding warrants further study.

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AsthmaCatheter AblationFundoplicationGastroesophageal RefluxAdultAgedChinaEndoscopy, Digestive SystemFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexSymptom Assessmentasthmagastroesophageal refluxlaparoscopic Nissen fundoplicationStretta radiofrequency

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