Toupet's valvuloplasty for sliding hiatal hernia and incompetent inferior esophageal sphincter
Gutiérrez, A.G.; del Portal, D.A.; Molina, J.B.; Quiñones, W.H.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 113(12): 772-781
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 3063016 Document Number: 308138
The experience obtained in 90 consecutive Toupet's valvuloplasties performed at the General Surgery Service of the "Calixto Garcia" University Hospital is presented. Indications for the operation were a sliding hiatal hernia in 87 patients and an incompetent inferior esophageal sphincter in 3 patients. The time elapsed after operation ranged from 1 to 9 years in 80 patients who could be followed up (88.9% of the casuistic).--There was no mortality directly related with the surgical procedure, 95% of the patients improved their symptoms and in 85% of them there were no symptoms dependent of the valvuloplasty performed.