OBJECTIVES Primarily, to determine the association between the clinical severity of primary varicose veins and different reflux patterns in an anatomic and haemodynamic clinical study using duplex ultrasonography (DU). Secondly, to analyse the association of clinical severity with other aspects, such as risk factors for chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and other concurrent diseases. METHOD ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Fundoplication is considered in patients with refractory extraesophageal reflux symptoms. However, postoperative symptom resolution is inconsistent. This analysis investigates which presenting symptoms and preoperative objective parameters predict postoperative symptom improvement. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS A total of 237 patients referred for ex...

Vesico ureteral reflux is the abnormal retrograde flow of urine from the bladder into the ureter and possibly the kidney. There are 2 types of reflux: Primary reflux – which is caused by a congenital abnormality at the ureterovesical junction Secondary reflux – occurs when high pressure in the bladder causes a breakdown of the normal antireflux mechanism at the ureterovesical junction that occu...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to resolve controversy regarding the effects of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy and H. pylori infection in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. DESIGN A randomized, double-blind, multicentre trial was performed in patients presenting with reflux symptoms. H. pylori-positive patients were randomized to receive either antibiotics or placebo for 7 days. H. pylor...

OBJECTIVE Screening siblings of index patients with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been proposed to identify children who are at risk for renal damage. However, screening siblings for VUR remains controversial. We investigated the prevalence of VUR and renal cortical abnormalities in the sibling population in a large cohort of families with VUR. METHODS Between 1998 and 2012, parents of inde...

The focus of this research is to identify the best set factors that influence heat-reflux recovery total phenolic content and antioxidant activities under multiple quality characteristics. Parametric Taguchi L9 orthogonal design grey relational analysis technique were used investigate effect three variables—reflux duration, particle size, feed-to-solvent ratio on responses contents, DPPH, H2O2 ...

BACKGROUND A new physiopathologic concept within superficial venous insufficiency (SVI) describes ascending progression from the collaterals to the saphenous veins (SV), leading to a treatment that aims to remove the varicose reservoir and not the SVs. This study reports the midterm results of this therapeutic approach. METHODS This is a retrospective study of patients treated for varices by ...