Long term effect of laparoscopic antireflux surgery on typical and respiratory manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Objectives: The early clinical results of laparoscopic antireflux surgery are good, but the long term results published in the literature are controversial. Material and method: a follow-up study was completed to evaluate the long term efficacy of laparoscopic fundoplication (LF) on typical reflux symptoms (TSR), like heartburn, acidic regurgitation and epigastric pain and respiratory manifestations (RM) of GERD, like hoarseness, chronic cough or asthma. The study population consisted of 100 consecutive erosive GERD patients who had undergone LF between May 1995, and December 2002. 33 of 100 patients had RM on t…