BACKGROUND: Many surgeons practise tailored laparoscopic antireflux surgery in an attempt to prevent postoperative dysphagia. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 360 degrees fundoplication (Nissen) or 270 degrees fundoplication (Toupet), and the influence of abnormal oesophageal peristalsis, upon postoperative dysphagia. METHODS: This was a cohort study from three tertiary referral centres, using dysphagia before laparoscopic fundoplication and 1 year after operation as the main outcome variable. Preoperative oesophageal manometry was performed on all patients. RESULTS: Some 761 patients underwent Nissen and 85 underwent Toupet fundoplication. Only 2 per cent reported severe postoperative dysphagia. There was a significant selection bias towards the Toupet operation for patients with abnormal oesophageal motility (P < 0.001). For patients whose oesophageal manometric findings were normal there was a significant improvement in dysphagia after Nissen fundoplication (P = 0.02), and no significant change following Toupet fundoplication. There was no significant change in the rate of dysphagia following either method of fundoplication amongst other subgroups in which oesophageal manometry was stratified as non-specific motor disorder, low-amplitude peristalsis, or aperistalsis. CONCLUSION: A tailored approach to the degree of fundoplication is unnecessary as patients with dysmotility suffer no more dysphagia after full laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication than those who have a partial Toupet wrap.
BACKGROUND: Many surgeons practise tailored laparoscopic antireflux surgery in an attempt to prevent postoperative dysphagia. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 360 degrees fundoplication (Nissen) or 270 degrees fundoplication (Toupet), and the influence of abnormal oesophageal peristalsis, upon postoperative dysphagia. METHODS: This was a cohort study from three tertiary referral centres, using dysphagia before laparoscopic fundoplication and 1 year after operation as the main outcome variable. Preoperative oesophageal manometry was performed on all patients. RESULTS: Some 761 patients underwent Nissen and 85 underwent Toupet fundoplication. Only 2 per cent reported severe postoperative dysphagia. There was a significant selection bias towards the Toupet operation for patients with abnormal oesophageal motility (P < 0.001). For patients whose oesophageal manometric findings were normal there was a significant improvement in dysphagia after Nissen fundoplication (P = 0.02), and no significant change following Toupet fundoplication. There was no significant change in the rate of dysphagia following either method of fundoplication amongst other subgroups in which oesophageal manometry was stratified as non-specific motor disorder, low-amplitude peristalsis, or aperistalsis. CONCLUSION: A tailored approach to the degree of fundoplication is unnecessary as patients with dysmotility suffer no more dysphagia after full laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication than those who have a partial Toupet wrap.
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