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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;45:148-157
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Combined Collis-Nissen Operation for Esophageal Reflux Strictures

From the Section of Thoracic Surgery, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Stirling, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, 2110 Taubman Health Care Center, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

This report evaluates the efficacy of the combined Collis-Nissen operation in achieving long-term reflux control in patients with reflux strictures. A Collis-Nissen procedure with dilation of a reflux stricture was performed in 64 adults. The strictures were mild (easily dilated) in 37, moderate (requiring some force to dilate) in 17, and severe (requiring very forceful dilation) in 10. Two strictures were perforated intraoperatively. There was 1 postoperative death, and 4 patients have been lost to follow-up. The remaining 59 patients have been followed from 2 to 120 months (average, 43 months) after operation. Subjectively, reflux is absent in 48 (81%), mild in 4 (7%), moderate in 5 (9%), and severe in 2 (3%). Objectively, intraesophageal pH studies show good or excellent reflux control in 94% at 1 year and 66% at 2 to 5 years. Dysphagia has been eliminated in 71%, is mild in 10%, moderate (requiring occasional dilation) in 12%, and severe (requiring regular dilations) in 7%. The combined Collis-Nissen operation provides good long-term reflux control and relief of dysphagia in most patients with reflux strictures. However, patients with reflux strictures after previous repairs are likely to have unsatisfactory results and may best be managed with resectional therapy. Resection may also ultimately prove to be a better option for patients with more severe strictures.

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