Why the study?
Does teres cardiopexy improve symptoms and objective measures of reflux compared to Nissen fundoplication in patients with medically refractory gastro-oesophageal reflux disease?
Population
20 patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease refractory to medical treatment
Comparison
Teres cardiopexy vs Nissen fundoplication
Design
RCT, prospective randomized
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Cardiopexy should not be offered for refractory GORD; this RCT challenges its viability as an alternative to fundoplication.
Does teres cardiopexy improve symptoms and objective measures of reflux compared to Nissen fundoplication in patients with medically refractory gastro-oesophageal reflux disease?
Teres cardiopexy is significantly less effective than Nissen fundoplication for the surgical treatment of medically refractory gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Janssen et al. (1993) studied this question.
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