The Utility of Symptom Association Probability (SAP) in Predicting Outcome After Laparoscopic Fundoplication in Patients with Abnormal Esophageal Acid Exposure.
Donata VaiciunaiteSven E ErikssonInanc S SariciPing ZhengAli H ZaidiBlair JobeShahin AyaziPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)
Symptom association probability with an abnormal DeMeester score did not enhance the prediction of antireflux surgery outcome. These findings suggest that SAP should not be used in surgical decision-making in patients with objective evidence of reflux.