Open AccessAntireflux Surgery Preserves Lung Function in Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and End-stage Lung Disease Before and After Lung Transplantation
Author(s) -
Toshitaka Hoppo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.216
Subject(s) - medicine , gerd , lung transplantation , reflux , gastroenterology , pulmonary function testing , asymptomatic , surgery , lung , pneumonia , disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is common in patients with end-stage lung disease (ESLD). GERD may cause obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation (LTx), represented by a decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)).
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