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Single Centre Experience with Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair and Long-term QoL and Pulmonary Function Outcomes

Shalvin R Prasad, MBChB, FRACS, Gabriel Marcil, MDCM, Philip C Mitchell, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Estifanos Debru, MD, FRCSC, Neal G Church, MD, FRCSC, Richdeep Gill, MD, PhD, FRCSC. University of Calgary

Background: In patients with symptomatic type III paraesophageal hernia, laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with partial fundoplication is an effective treatment option. Pulmonary symptoms can feature amongst others such as dysphagia, odynophagia, regurgitation, chest pain, and impairment of quality of life (QoL). The elective surgical repair of choice at our institute is a laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair with anterior 180 degrees fundoplication (LHR). We aimed to primarily document the effect of LHR on pulmonary function and QoL with secondary clinical and radiological recurrence outcomes.

Method: Patients who underwent LHR for symptomatic paraesophageal hiatal hernia at Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, Alberta from over a 8 year period from 2007 to 2015 were included our study. Patients’ baseline characteristics including BMI, COPD comorbidity, smoking status, type of hiatus hernia, type of fundoplication, and hernia recurrences were analysed. Barium UGI radiogram at 1 year was analysed for radiological recurrence using descriptive calculations. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) done preoperative and between 6 – 12 months postoperative was compared using Wilcoxon signed rank sum test and paired t-test. Descriptive statistics was used perioperative quality of life (QOL).

Results: A total of 50 patients had complete data sets pre- and post-operatively. The average age of the patients was 64.2 (46 – 83) and an average BMI of 29.9 (18 – 43). 78% of patients were female with 42% smokers and only 4% had documented COPD. 94% of the hernia repair included a 180 degrees anterior fundoplication, 4% Toupet and 2% Nissen fundoplications. UGI Barium swallow studies between 6-12 months showed 87.5% of repairs were without recurrence. QOL survey at 12 months showed 97.3% of patients reported no issues.

Pulmonary lung function tests improved in 63% of Total Lung Capacity, in 76% of Vital Capacity, in 84% of FEV1, in 80% of FVC but only 46% of DLCO.

Conclusion: No significant associations were found between improvement of PFTs vs. Age, Gender, BMIM, COPD, smoking, operation type, or pre operative diagnosis. This case series from a single institute demonstrates that Laparosopic Paraesophageal hernia repair with anterior fundoplication results in objective improvement in pulmonary lung function tests and in our experience has a low recurrence rate of only 10% with very satisfactory symptom alleviation over the long term.


Presented at the SAGES 2017 Annual Meeting in Houston, TX.

Abstract ID: 79385

Program Number: P370

Presentation Session: Poster (Non CME)

Presentation Type: Poster

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