ArticleEsophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society2020
Therapeutic efficacy of laparoscopic Heller-Dor surgery for chest pain in patients with achalasia: a single institutional experience.
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- Is an objective evaluation essential for determining the therapeutic effect of laparoscopic surgery among patients with esophageal achalasia?Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- The patient characteristics of esophageal carcinoma following laparoscopic myotomy for esophageal achalasia.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
- The evaluation of the dilation-degree classification of esophageal achalasia patients from the viewpoint of esophageal clearance.Surgery today · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChest pain reduces the quality of life of patients with achalasia. Although laparoscopic Heller-Dor surgery (LHD) is a standard surgical treatment for achalasia, its therapeutic efficacy for chest pain is not clear. The present study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of LHD for chest pain and tried to identify factors associated with the relief of chest pain.
methodsThe study included 244 patients with preoperative chest pain who underwent LHD as the first surgical intervention. The questionnaire-based symptom frequency score was multiplied by the severity score, and the calculated metric was defined as the symptom score. The study population was stratified, by the change in the chest pain symptom score, into Complete Remission (CR), Partial Remission (PR), and No Remission (NR) groups, which were compared for patient background and surgical outcome. Multivariate analysis was also performed to determine factors associated with the relief of chest pain.
resultsAs for preoperative clinicopathological conditions, the CR subgroup was older (p = 0.0169) with fewer previous balloon dilatations (p = 0.009). Although no difference was detected in the surgical outcome, the NR group had higher postoperative symptom scores for both difficulty in swallowing and vomiting and a lower score for patient satisfaction with surgery (p = 0.0141). Multivariate analysis detected two factors associated with CR: disease duration over 60 months and less than two previous balloon dilatations.
conclusionsLHD improved chest pain symptoms in 90% of patients with achalasia. The patients who achieved relief of chest pain were characterized by disease duration over 60 months and less than two previous balloon dilatations.
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