The Real Occurrence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease After Sleeve Gastrectomy - a Prospective PH-monitoring Study

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Journal Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne

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Date 2024 Jul 8

PMID 38973794

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Natalia Dowgiallo-Gornowicz

Pawel Lech

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Abstract

Introduction: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is currently the most frequently performed bariatric procedure in the world. However, the occurrence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) after SG remains controversial and questionable.

Aim: To determine the occurrence of GERD after SG using a pH-monitoring study.

Material And Methods: This is a prospective study involving patients undergoing SG in one surgical centre. Inclusion criteria were eligibility for bariatric surgery, no symptoms of GERD, normal gastroscopy, and pH-monitoring before the surgery. Postoperative examinations were performed 6 months after surgery.

Results: A total of 38 patients were analysed in the study. The mean age was 44.9 years, and the mean preoperative BMI was 42.6 kg/m. Before surgery, all patients had normal pH values. After surgery, mean acid exposure time (AET), number of refluxes, and DeMeester score increased statistically significantly (p < 0.001). 27 (71.1%) patients each had AET > 6%, but only 9 (23.7%) reported GERD symptoms and the need for PPIs. The correlation between AET and %TWL was moderate positive, and the correlation between DeMeester score and %TWL was low positive (p = 0.011, p = 0.014, respectively).

Conclusions: GERD after SG seems to be a significant problem. More than two-thirds of patients had de novo GERD after SG in pH-monitoring, but only one-quarter of them required PPIs.

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