Review Article
Evaluation of Clinical Outcome after Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery in Clinical Practice: Still a Controversial Issue
Table 2
HRQoL Assessment with different questionnaires and their results.
| Author | Year | Ref. | Tools | Results |
| Spechler et al. | 2001 | [6] | SF-36 | No significant difference between medical and surgical group | Bammer et al. | 2001 | [2] | WBS | Improved significantly at more than 5 years of followup | Olberg et al. | 2005 | [23] | PGWBI | No significant difference between medical and surgical group | Contini and Scarpignato | 2004 | [22] | SF-36 | Normal score 2 years after LARS | Ciovica et al. | 2006 | [27] | GIQLI + HRQL | QoL normalized after LARS and significantly higher than a medically treated group | Dallemagne et al. | 2006 | [25] | GIQLI | Significantly better than preoperatively at 10 years | Draaisma et al. | 2006 | [11] | VAS | 30% improvement after surgery | Gee et al. | 2008 | [34] | GERD−HRQL | Near normal score at long-term followup | Fein et al. | 2008 | [33] | GIQLI | Significant improvement of the QoL after 10 years | Lundell et al. | 2009 | [39] | PGWBI | Similar to that of normal population in both surgical and medical group at 12 years |
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VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.
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