This is a long-term follow-up of a prospective randomized trial comparing open and laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
110
Turku University Hospital
Turku, Finland
Subjective symptomatic outcome
Evaluation of the symptomatic outcome and the patient satisfaction of the surgical treatment using a structured questionnaire
Time frame: 15 years
Endoscopic evaluation of the fundoplication result
Evaluation of the endoscopic objective fudnoplication result by an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Time frame: 15 years
Reoperation rate
Time frame: 15 years
Postoperative proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use
postoperative PPI use is registered and the need evaluated
Time frame: 15 years
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