Research Article
Short- and Long-Term, 11–22 Years, Results after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Obese versus Nonobese Patients
Table 2
Preoperative patient details.
| | | All | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | value |
| | PATIENTS number | 201 | 43 | 89 | 69 | | | Symptom type number (%) | | | | | | | Typical | 73 (36.3) | 17 (39.5) | 33 (37) | 23 (33.3) | 0.366 | | Mixed | 123 (61.1) | 25 (58.1) | 54 (60.6) | 44 (63.7) | | | Atypical | 5 (2.4) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (2.8) | | | Duration of symptoms, m, mean (range) | 24.4 (16–30) | 24.5 (18–27) | 24.9 (16–25) | 26.8 (19–30) | 0.286 | | Endoscopic data number (%) | | | | | | | No esophagitis (NERD) | 97 (48.2) | 21 (48.8) | 44 (49.4) | 32 (46.3) | 0.258 | | Esophagitis (ERD) | 104 (51.7) | 22 (51.1) | 45 (50.5) | 37 (53.6) | 0.303 | | Manometric data, mean (range): | | | | | 0.198 | | Total length of LES (cm) | 2.6 (1–4.3) | 2.8 (1.5–4.3) | 2.4 (1–3.8) | 2.3 (1.2–3.6) | | | Abdominal length of LES (cm) | 0.5 (0–1.8) | 0.6 (1.1–1.5) | 0.7 (0–1.8) | 0.3 (0.6–1.5) | | | Resting pressure of LES (mmHg) | 7 (0–21) | 6.3 (0–19.8) | 8.2 (1.1–18.9) | 6 (0.4–21) | | | Amplitude of contractile waves (mmHg) | 38 (5–142) | 41 (7–141) | 39 (8–142) | 36 (7–139) | | | pH-metric data, mean (range) | | | | | 0.672 | | Percentage total time with pH < 4 | 18 (16–85) | 19 (17–85) | 16 (16–81) | 17 (18–81) | | | Hiatal hernia number (%) | 29 (14.4) | (6.9) | 13 (14.6) | 13 (18.8) | 0.001 | | Large (> 3 cm) | | | | | | | no (%) | 11 (37.9) | 1 | 4 | 6 | | | Type 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | | Type 3 | 2 | / | 1 | 1 | | | Small (≤3 cm) | | | | | | | Number (%) | 18 (62.0) | 2 | 9 | 7 | | | Type 1 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | | | Type 3 | 3 | / | 1 | 2 | | | Previous abdominal operation number (%) | 46 (22.8) | 10 (23.2) | 19 (21.3) | 17 (24.6) | 0.928 |
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different versus other groups.
NERD (nonerosive reflux disease).
ERD (erosive reflux disease).
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