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Reflux
Common Symptoms
• Heartburn
• Globus
• Chest Pains
Complex Reflux Symptoms
• Mass Reflux
• Cough/Asthma/recurrent Chest Infections
• Sore Throat
Complex Symptoms
• Dysphagia
• Pain
Differential Diagnoses
• Cancer
• Dysmotility– Oesophageal– gastric
Treatment
• Conservative
• Medical– PPI– Barrier
• Surgical
Medical vs Surgical
• Only three Trials of Lap vs Medicine– Mahon 2005– Anvari 2006– Grant 2008
All Show improve QOL at 1 year
Indications for Surgery
• Lifestyle
• Breakthrough Symptom Control
• Complex Reflux Control
Why pH Manometry
• Prove reflux
• Avoid dysmotility
• Manage expectation
Patients
• All three patients described have – Dysphagia
– Odynophagia
– Reflux
Hypotensive dysmotility – typical of GORD
Hypotensive dysmotility – typical of GORD
Vigorous Achalasia
Vigorous Achalasia
Vigorous Achalasia
Structural obstruction at the PIP
Complex Reflux Disease
Mr Yuen Soon