Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38409901›Full record

ArticleUnited European gastroenterology journal2024

Manometric identikit of a functioning and effective fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease in the high-resolution manometry ERA.

Renato Salvador, Giovanni Capovilla, Matteo Santangelo, Arianna Vittori, Francesca Forattini, Luca Provenzano, Loredana Nicoletti, Andrea Costantini, Lucia Moletta, Michele Valmasoni and 2 more

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in United European gastroenterology journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. pHoenix score discriminative ability in suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease: a high-volume single-center external validation.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renato SalvadorDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3281-0361
Giovanni CapovillaDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Matteo SantangeloDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Arianna VittoriDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Francesca ForattiniDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Luca ProvenzanoDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Loredana NicolettiDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Andrea CostantiniDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Lucia MolettaDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Michele ValmasoniDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Mario CostantiniDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Edoardo V SavarinoDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
University of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe pathophysiological and clinical value of performing High-Resolution Manometry (HRM) after laparoscopic fundoplication (LF) for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is still unclear and debated.

objectiveWe sought to establish the HRM parameters indicative of functioning fundoplications, and whether HRM could distinguish them from tight or defective ones.

methodsThe study involved patients with GERD who underwent laparoscopic Nissen (LN) or Toupet (LT) fundoplication between 2010 and 2022. HRM and 24-h pH monitoring were performed before and 6 months after surgery. The study population was divided into 5 groups: LN and LT patients with normal 24h-pH findings (LNpH- and LTpH-, respectively); LN and LT patients with pathological 24h-pH findings (LNpH+ and LTpH + groups, respectively); and patients with a postoperative dysphagia intensity score >2 (Dysphagia group). The novel Hiatal Morphology (HM) classification was applied, envisaging 3 different subtypes: HM1 (normal), HM2 (intrathoracic fundoplication), and HM3 (slipped fundoplication).

resultsAmong the 132 patients recruited during the study period, 46 were in the LNpH- group, 51 in the LTpH- group, 15 in the LNpH + group, 7 in the LTpH + group, and 5 in the Dysphagia group. In multivariate analysis, postoperative abdominal lower esophageal sphincter length (p = 0.001) and HM2 (p < 0.001) were both independently associated with surgical failure. Integrated relaxation pressure was significantly higher in the Dysphagia group than in the LNpH- group.

conclusionThis study generated reference HRM values for an effective LF, and confirms that using HRM to assess the neo-sphincter and HM improves the clinical assessment in cases of symptom recurrence.

Indexed as

Esophageal pH MonitoringFundoplicationGastroesophageal RefluxLaparoscopyManometryAdultAgedDeglutition DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsTreatment Outcomegastroesophageal reflux diseaselaparoscopic fundoplicationmanometry

Identifiers

PMID38409901
PMCPMC11249834
OpenAlexW4392196915

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.