Evaluation of Clinical Outcome after Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery in Clinical Practice: Still a Controversial Issue

Table 3

Incidence of ARM use after LARS.

Authors	Year	Ref.	Followup (yrs)	Patients on ARM (%)
Spechler et al.	2001	[6]	6.4	23/37 (62%)
Bammer et al.	2001	[2]	6.3	24/171 (14%)
Booth et al.	2002	[18]	2.0	19/140 (14%)
Lord et al.	2002	[14]	2.4	37/86 (43%)
Anvari and Allen	2003	[20]	5.0	21/181 (12%)
Bloomston et al.	2003	[5]	5.0	31/84 (37%)
Papasavas et al.	2003	[8]	2.6	56/297 (19%)
Vakil et al.	2003	[3]	1.7	26/80 (33%)
Velanovich et al.	2003	[21]	2.4	16/122 (13%)
Galvani et al.	2003	[15]	1.5	62/124 (50%)
Contini and Scarpignato	2004	[22]	2	13/50 (26%)
Tucker et al.	2005	[24]	4.1	58/119 (49%)
Thibault et al.	2006	[28]	3.6	38/121 (31%)
Dominitz et al.	2006	[26]	4.5	1199/2406 (49.8%)
Draaisma	2006	[11]	6	11/79 (13.9%)
Bonatti et al.	2007	[4]	2.4	37/94 (39%)
Zaninotto et al.	2007	[31]	8.0	30/145 (21%)
Wijnhoven et al.	2008	[36]	5.9	312/844 (37%)
Oelschlager et al.	2008	[35]	5.7	119/288 (41%)
Thompson et al.	2009	[40]	4.6	42/69 (60.8%)
Lundell et al.	2009	[39]	12	55/144 (38%)
				Mean = 34.9%