Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) After Redo-Fundoplication.

Background: We aim to shed light on long-term subjective outcomes after re-operations for failed fundoplication.

Methods: 1809 patients were operated on for hiatal hernia and/or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) at the Helsinki University Hospital between 2000 and 2017. 111 (6%) of these had undergone a re-operation for a failed antireflux operation.

Intraoperative colonic pulse oximetry in left-sided colorectal surgery: can it predict anastomotic leak?

Background: An anastomotic leak is a fairly common and a potentially lethal complication in colorectal surgery. Objective methods to assess the viability and blood circulation of the anastomosis could help in preventing leaks. Intraoperative pulse oximetry is a cheap, easy to use, fast, and readily available method to assess tissue viability.

Supragastric belch may be related to globus symptom - a prospective clinical study.

Background: The etiology of globus is poorly understood. It is controversial, whether gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has a role in globus. To investigate the possible esophageal background of this symptom, we performed transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE), high-resolution manometry (HRM), and 24-h multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII) and pH monitoring on globus patients.