Hiatoplasty with Crura Buttressing versus Hiatoplasty Alone during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Table 2

Symptoms, endoscopy, and biopsy findings.

	Group A	Group B	value
GERD symptomatic patients, n (%)	8 (66.6)	9 (52.9)	0.7032
Preoperative diagnosis of HH, n (%)	6 (50)	15 (88.2)	0.0382
Intraoperative diagnosis of HH, n (%)	6 (50)	2 (11.7)	0.0382
Preoperative grade A esophagitis, n (%)	4 (33.3)	4 (23.5)	0.6828
Eradicated Helicobacter pylori, n (%)	3 (25)	8 (47.05)	0.2732

GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease; HH: hiatal hernia. Statistically significant differences in bold.