RT Journal
A1 Barlow AP, DeMeester TR, Ball CS, Eypasch EP
T1 THe significance of the gastric secretory state in gastroesophageal reflux disease
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1989
FD August 1
VO 124
IS 8
SP 937
OP 940
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410080069011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410080069011
AB • The gastric secretory status of 75 patients with abnormal esophageal exposure to gastric juice proved by 24-hour pH monitoring was measured to study the significance of gastric hypersecretion in gastroesophageal reflux disease. Gastric hypersecretion was a less-frequent finding than a mechanically defective sphincter (28% vs 72%, respectively). Forty-eight percent of patients with a normal sphincter, compared with 20% of those with a defective sphincter, were hypersecretors. In the presence of normal gastric secretion, complications occurred in 18% of those with a normal sphincter and 77% of those with a defective sphincter. In the presence of hypersecretion, the complication rate was 40% and 82%, respectively. These findings show that the development of reflux complications are related to a defective sphincter. Gastric hypersecretion in reflux patients with a normal sphincter is best treated by acid reduction using H2 blockers. Patients with a mechanically defective sphincter, regardless of their gastric secretory state, should have an antireflux procedure.(Arch Surg. 1989;124:937-940)