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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2011; 17(39): 4429-4433
Published online Oct 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i39.4429
Published online Oct 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i39.4429
Table 1 Population baseline characteristics
| Characteristics | |
| No. of patients (n) | 90 |
| Gender (n) | |
| Male | 57 (63.3%) |
| Female | 33 (36.7%) |
| Age (yr) | |
| mean ± SD | 51 ± 13 |
| Range | 31-72 |
| Years with GERD | |
| mean ± SD | 6.7 ± 6.0 |
| Range | 1-26 |
| 0-2 | 21.1% |
| 3-5 | 38.9% |
| 6-8 | 10.0% |
| 8-11 | 14.4% |
| > 12 | 15.6% |
| Patients with hiatal hernia | |
| None | 77.8% |
| < 2 cm | 22.2% |
| Patients with esophagitis | |
| None | 54.4% |
| A | 13.3% |
| B | 28.9% |
| C | 3.3% |
Table 2 Comparison of clinical parameters at baseline and after Stretta procedure
| Parameters | Baseline | 6 mo | 12mo | P value |
| GERD health-related quality-of-life questionnaire | 25.6 ± 9.0 | 7.3 ± 4.1 | 8.1 ± 3.9 | < 0.01 |
| Heartburn | 3.3 ± 1.3 | 1.0 ± 0.9 | 1.2 ± 1.1 | < 0.01 |
| Satisfaction | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 4.3 ± 1.3 | 4.0 ± 0.9 | < 0.01 |
| Percent without PPI | 0 | 78.9 | 76.7 | < 0.05 |
- Citation: Liu HF, Zhang JG, Li J, Chen XG, Wang WA. Improvement of clinical parameters in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease after radiofrequency energy delivery. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(39): 4429-4433
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i39/4429.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i39.4429