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Hiatoplasty with Crura Buttressing versus Hiatoplasty Alone during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Table 5
GERD-HRQL questionnaire score.
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| | Mean preoperative GERD-HRQL score ± SD (range) | 16.5 ± 16.6 (0–45) | 17.7 ± 14.1 (0–45) | 0.8379 | | Mean postoperative GERD-HRQL score ± SD (range) | 9.5 ± 14.6 (0–42) | 2.4 ± 4.7 (0–15) | 0.0712 | | value | 0.2793 | 0.0002 | | | Δ mean GERD-HRQL score ± SD | −7 ± 2 | −15.3 ± 9.4 | 0.0058 |
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SD: standard deviation. Statistically significant differences in bold. Δ: difference.
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