NCT01501071

Esophageal Calibration During Laparoscopic Fundoplication Reduces Dysphagia

Esophageal Calibration With Soft Orogastric Tube During Laparoscopic Fundoplication Reduces Postoperative Transient Dysphagia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Antalya Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Gastro esophageal reflux is the most common benign disease of the esophagus and Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication became the standard surgical treatment of this disease. Although being almost transient postoperative dysphagia is still a common complaint following this procedure. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of inserting a soft structured and blunt mounted 39 F orogastric tube to postoperative dysphagia.

Conditions

• Dysphagia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Esophageal calibration tube	An orogastric calibration tube is inserted during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in order to secure a certain esophageal lumen for reducing postoperative dysphagia

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2011-12-29
• Last updated: 2011-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)