OBJECTIVE To examine the factors affecting outcome in patients with advanced gastroesophageal reflux disease. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING University tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Thirty-seven patients with advanced gastroesophageal reflux disease and no previous antireflux surgery. INTERVENTIONS Thirty patients underwent Collis gastroplasty for esophageal lengthening and...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Obesity is regarded as an important contributor to the increasing occurrence of gastroesophageal reflux disease. The aims of this study were to determine whether obesity is associated with gastroesophageal reflux in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and to identify the factors affecting increased acid exposure in obese patients. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed ...

Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is considered a chronic condition mediated by immune reaction to food and/or environmental allergens. Though first recognized decades ago, the characterization of EoE is ongoing and an important aspect of this process is the distinction between EoE and other forms of esophageal eosinophilia [1,2]. One group of patients exhibit marked esophageal eosinoph...

Nonerosive reflux disease (NERD) is a distinct pattern of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It is defined as a subcategory of GERD characterized by troublesome reflux-related symptoms in the absence of esophageal mucosal erosions/breaks at conventional endoscopy. In clinical practice, patients with reflux symptoms and negative endoscopic findings are markedly heterogeneous. The potential ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who are not responding to proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) given once daily are very common. These therapy-resistant patients have become the new face of GERD in clinical practice in the last decade and presently pose a significant therapeutic challenge to the practicing physician. We reviewed newly accumulated information abou...

BACKGROUND Heartburn and regurgitation are considered highly specific symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux. A considerable number of patients with these symptoms do not have endoscopic signs of esophagitis. AIM To study the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and 24 h esophageal pH mesurement in patients with normal or near normal endoscopic findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS O...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Rikkunshito (TJ-43), an herbal medicine, has been demonstrated to relieve gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. However, the effects of TJ-43 on esophageal motor functions have not been fully determined. This double-blind crossover study was performed to investigate the effects of TJ-43 on esophageal motor functions and gastroesophageal reflux. METHODS The subjects were 10 normal ...

The effects of different grades of running on esophageal motility and gastroesophageal reflux in the fed state were evaluated. We studied healthy volunteers (male: 12, age: 27 +/- 5 yr) using ambulatory esophageal manometry, pH catheter and portable digital data recorder. Each exercise was performed 30 min after meal, with 20 min of rest between exercises. Subjects exercised on a treadmill at 4...

Objective. To investigate the esophageal function tests in British and Chinese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Methods. Patients with GERD were selected from the functional gut clinic, London, and digestive department, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, after taking the examinations of High-resolution Manometry and Impedance (HRiM) and 24-hour Multi-Channel Intraluminal Impedance...