Guest guest Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Found this, which particularly interested me because of Dr. assertion that he didn't wish to choose until he was inside, seeing whatever he was seeing. " An antireflux procedure was performed to prevent postoperative reflux. A posterior (Toupet) hemifundoplication was used in patients with a modestly dilated esophagus. And anterior (Dor) fundoplication was used with the most dilated esophagi, because a posterior fundoplication appeared to cause a relative outlet obstruction by excessively angling the gastroesophageal junction anteriorly. " https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v & q=cache:nLWnaPX_gogJ:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc\ /articles/PMC1190864/pdf/annsurg00028-0035.pdf+ & hl=en & gl=us & pid=bl & srcid=ADGEESg\ scqYC5vVocKrloHq1FxfFGr1BkvqYtoNYfx77PBoQByi2s8f7hESZHAJfcAjcEhFkz6JMUyxIA3bBd8_\ B8JaS_Ml14ufBMCrGgaYnahKd0jWkP81kCDDI1zIYcXms0pHa_iIR & sig=AHIEtbTFcw90SDV4ndN0wv\ mpA49mbckskA I'd commented earlier that my esophagus *didn't* look all that dilated to me (granted, I'm absolutely no expert) on the barium swallow. So I'm going to wager that he decides on a Toupet. Not, mind you, that it'll break mah heart if he goes for a Dor. At any rate it was nice to discover the *reasoning* behind the decision. At least for me, lol! xox (Does it seem like this group has more s per square inch than any place you've ever been?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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