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

Table 5

Abnormal esophageal exposure to acid in patients taking ARM after LARS.

Authors	Year	Ref.	Followup (months)	Pts with abnormal pH score (%)
Booth et al.	2002	[18]	24	7/19 (36.8%)
Lord et al.	2002	[14]	27.8	9/37 (24.3%)
Galvani et al.	2003	[15]	17	48/124 (39.0%)
Anvari and Allen	2003	[20]	60	9/21 (42.8%)
Draaisma et al.	2006	[11]	60	Absence of correlation between the use of PPIs and documented reflux symptoms
Thompson et al.	2009	[40]	44	17/53 (32%)
Wijnhoven et al.	2008	[36]	70.8	16/61 (26.2%)
Fein et al.	2008	[33]	24	NA (42%)
Thompson et al.	2009	[40]	55	7/42 (16.6%)
				Mean = 32.4%