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ArticleObesity surgery2017

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Concomitant Hiatal Hernia Repair: an Unresolved Question.

Hanaa Dakour Aridi, Mohammad Asali, Tarek Fouani, Ramzi S Alami, Bassem Y Safadi

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Concomitant Hiatal Hernia Repair with Sleeve Gastrectomy: A 5-Year Analysis.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hanaa Dakour AridiDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Mohammad AsaliDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Tarek FouaniDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Ramzi S AlamiDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Bassem Y SafadiDepartment of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon. bs21@aub.edu.lb.
American University of Beirut Medical Center · LBAmerican University of Beirut · LB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe effectiveness of the concomitant repair of hiatal hernia (HHR) during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in reducing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms is still unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of concomitant HHR on postoperative GERD symptoms in our patient population. MATERIALS AND

methodsA retrospective review of patients who underwent LSG with or without HHR between 2011and 2014 was performed. Pre- and postoperative GERD symptoms were assessed at different time intervals until a maximum of 2 years after the surgery.

resultsThe study included 165 patients; 76 (46%) underwent LSG with concomitant HHR (group A) while the rest underwent only LSG (group B). Baseline GERD complaints were more prevalent in group A (61.8 vs 41.6%, p = 0.04), in which 44 patients (57.9%) had evidence of hiatal hernia on preoperative EGD. In the remaining 32 patients, it was diagnosed intraoperatively. GERD symptoms did not significantly differ between the two groups after years 1 and 2. GERD remission was observed in 21.3% of the 76 patients who underwent concomitant HHR (group A) and in 29.7% of those who did not (group B) while new-onset GERD symptoms were reported in 12 patients (41.4%) in group A and in 24 patients (46.2%) in group B.

conclusionsRoutine HHR at the time of LSG does not show an improvement in GERD symptoms. More prospective studies are needed to clarify the role of the routine dissection, identification, and repair of concomitant hiatal hernia during LSG.

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AdultFemaleGastrectomyGastroesophageal RefluxHernia, HiatalHerniorrhaphyHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidPrevalenceProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeGastroesophageal refluxHiatal herniaLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

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