Outcome of symptoms and acid exposure after endoscopic therapy in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: summary of uncontrolled studies
| Symptoms | pH <4%time | No of patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | ||
| *Significant difference. | |||||
| †QOLRAD score. | |||||
| ‡Per cent satisfaction. | |||||
| Endocinch | |||||
| Park et al26 | 5 | 1* | 8.5 | 3.7* | 142 |
| Filipi et al21 | 62.7 | 17* | 9.6 | 8.5 | 64 |
| Mahmood et al44 | 79 | 27* | 11.1 | 9.3* | 21 |
| Arts et al27 | 11.6 | 7.1* | 17.0 | 9.8* | 20 |
| Enteryx | |||||
| Johnson et al20 | 25.5 | 8.5* | 9.0 | 6.4* | 85 |
| Stretta | |||||
| Triadafilopoulos et al22 | 27 | 9* | 10.2 | 6.4* | 94 |
| DiBaise et al41 | 21.5 | 7* | 9.5 | 6.2* | 18 |
| Tam et al40 | 19 | 6* | 10.6 | 6.3* | 15 |
| Meier et al33 | 17 | 7* | 25 | ||
| Houston et al32 | 3.7† | 5.1†* | 8.4 | 4.4* | 41 |
| Wolfsen et al35 | 26% | 77%‡* | 558 | ||