Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Surgical treatment of relapsed megaesophagus |
| Authors: |
COSTA, LUIGI CARLO DA SILVA, BRAGA, JOÃO GABRIEL ROMERO, TERCIOTI JUNIOR, VALDIR, COELHO NETO, JOÃO DE SOUZA, FERRER, JOSÉ ANTÔNIO POSSATTO, LOPES, LUIZ ROBERTO, ANDREOLLO, NELSON ADAMI |
| Source: |
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões. January 2020 47 |
| Publisher Information: |
Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Subject Terms: |
Esophageal Achalasia, Heller Myotomy, Reoperation |
| More Details: |
Objective: to analyze the surgical treatment of patients with recurrent megaesophagus followed at the esophageal-stomach-duodenal outpatient clinic of the Hospital de Clínicas - UNICAMP. Methods: a retrospective study, from 2011 to 2017, with 26 patients with Chagas or idiopathic megaesophagus, surgically treated, and who recurred with dysphagia. Clinical, endoscopic and radiographic aspects were assessed and correlated with the performed surgical procedures. Results: 50% had dysphagia for liquids, 69% regurgitation, 65.3% heartburn, 69.2% weight loss and 69.2% had Chagas disease. In addition, 38.4% had megaesophagus stage 1 and 2 and 61.5% stage 3 and 4. Regarding the reoperations, 53% of them underwent Heller-Pinotti surgery by laparoscopy, Serra-Dória in 30.7% and esophageal mucosectomy in 7.9%. In 72% of the reoperations there were no postoperative complications, and 80% of the patients had a good outcome, with reduction or elimination of dysphagia. Among the reoperated patients undergoing the laparoscopic Heller-Pinotti technique, three reported little improvement of dysphagia in the postoperative period and among those who underwent Serra-Dória surgery, 100% had no dysphagia. It was observed that, when the time between the first procedure and the reoperation was longer, the better the surgical result was, with statistical significant decreased dysphagia (p=0.0013, p<0.05). Conclusions: there was a preference to perform laparoscopic re-miotomy and, as a second option, Serra-Dória surgery, for patients with recurrent megaesophagus. Esophagectomy or esophageal mucosectomy were reserved for more severe patients. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0100-6991 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/0100-6991e-20202444 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912020000100167 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S0100.69912020000100167 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
