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Abstract
Eighty-two patients (median age, 51 years; range, 27-87 years) with refractory gastroesophageal reflux ‘ disease (GERD) underwent floppy Nissen/Rossetti fundoplication during the period 1980 to 1990. The median postoperative hospital stay was 5 days (3-16). Median follow-up was 72 months and included endoscopy and a clinical and a questionnaire assessment. Subjective symptoms of reflux were abolished in 98%, and 96% of the patients were satisfied with the results. Endoscopy showed healing of the esophagitis in 98%. There had been no disruption of the fundoplication. Twenty patients complained of gaseous distention and increased flatulence; only two of them had severe problems. Three patients were unable to belch. In conclusion, the floppy fundoplication has been an effective operation with no deaths, a low incidence of morbidity and adverse side effects, and without a tendency for late failure.