TY - JOUR
T1 - Paraesophageal hernia repair in the emergency setting
T2 - is laparoscopy with the addition of a fundoplication the new gold standard?
AU - Klinginsmith, Michael
AU - Jolley, Jennifer
AU - Lomelin, Daniel
AU - Krause, Crystal
AU - Heiden, Jace
AU - Oleynikov, Dmitry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Background: Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia (PEH) with fundoplication is currently the preferred elective strategy, but emergent cases are often done open without an anti-reflux (AR) procedure. This study examined PEH repair in elective and urgent/emergent settings and investigated patient characteristic influence on the use of adjunctive techniques, such as AR procedures or gastrostomy tube (GT) placement. Methods: Utilizing the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Database Resource Manager, selected discharge data were retrieved using International Classification of Disease 9 diagnosis codes for PEH and procedure specific codes. Chi-squared and paired t tests were applied (α = 0.05). Results: Discharge data from October 2010 through June 2014 indicated 7950 patients (≥18 years) underwent PEH surgery, 84.7 % were performed laparoscopically and 15.3 % open. 24.6 % of cases were classified urgent/emergent upon admission, and almost 70 % of these were completed laparoscopically. Open paraesophageal hernia repairs (OHR) represented a higher proportion of urgent/emergent cases but were only 30 % of this total. Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair (LHR) patients were more likely to receive an AR procedure in all situations (54.9 % LHR vs. 26.3 % OHR). Almost 90 % of elective PEH repairs in this cohort were laparoscopic. Elective cases were more commonly associated with AR procedures than emergent cases which frequently incorporated GT placement. Conclusion: We demonstrate that laparoscopic PEH repair has become accepted in emergent cases. Open PEH repair is often reserved for emergent surgeries and less commonly includes an AR procedure. Laparoscopy with an AR procedure is clearly the standard of care in elective surgery. The decision to perform an open or laparoscopic surgery, with or without adjunctive techniques, may be based more on the physician’s comfort with laparoscopic surgery and surgical practices than the patient’s condition. Long-term follow-up studies are needed to determine the functional outcomes of these strategies.
AB - Background: Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia (PEH) with fundoplication is currently the preferred elective strategy, but emergent cases are often done open without an anti-reflux (AR) procedure. This study examined PEH repair in elective and urgent/emergent settings and investigated patient characteristic influence on the use of adjunctive techniques, such as AR procedures or gastrostomy tube (GT) placement. Methods: Utilizing the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Database Resource Manager, selected discharge data were retrieved using International Classification of Disease 9 diagnosis codes for PEH and procedure specific codes. Chi-squared and paired t tests were applied (α = 0.05). Results: Discharge data from October 2010 through June 2014 indicated 7950 patients (≥18 years) underwent PEH surgery, 84.7 % were performed laparoscopically and 15.3 % open. 24.6 % of cases were classified urgent/emergent upon admission, and almost 70 % of these were completed laparoscopically. Open paraesophageal hernia repairs (OHR) represented a higher proportion of urgent/emergent cases but were only 30 % of this total. Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair (LHR) patients were more likely to receive an AR procedure in all situations (54.9 % LHR vs. 26.3 % OHR). Almost 90 % of elective PEH repairs in this cohort were laparoscopic. Elective cases were more commonly associated with AR procedures than emergent cases which frequently incorporated GT placement. Conclusion: We demonstrate that laparoscopic PEH repair has become accepted in emergent cases. Open PEH repair is often reserved for emergent surgeries and less commonly includes an AR procedure. Laparoscopy with an AR procedure is clearly the standard of care in elective surgery. The decision to perform an open or laparoscopic surgery, with or without adjunctive techniques, may be based more on the physician’s comfort with laparoscopic surgery and surgical practices than the patient’s condition. Long-term follow-up studies are needed to determine the functional outcomes of these strategies.
KW - Anti-reflux procedure
KW - Elective surgery
KW - Emergent surgery
KW - Gastrostomy tube
KW - Laparoscopic surgery
KW - Open surgery
KW - Paraesophageal hernia
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U2 - 10.1007/s00464-015-4447-8
DO - 10.1007/s00464-015-4447-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 26194263
AN - SCOPUS:84937605798
SN - 0930-2794
VL - 30
SP - 1790
EP - 1795
JO - Surgical endoscopy
JF - Surgical endoscopy
IS - 5
ER -