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Integrating Cruroplasty with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Strategy to Mitigate GERD Symptoms in Obese Patients. A Randomized Control Trial

Integrating Cruroplasty with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Strategy to Mitigate GERD Symptoms in Obese Patients. A Randomized Control Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20220719008
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-07-19
Start date
2015-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Morbid Obesity patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy Gastrooesophageal reflux disease Crural reinforcement, HR-QoL GERD score, sleeve gastrectomy, hiatal hernia repair, hiatoplasty

Interventions

For the intervention group, the hiatal dissection is performed through pars flacida until the hiatal region, exposing bilateral hiatal pillars. Cruroplasty was performed by applying Ethibond Excel 2/0
J) interrupted stitches, closing off the crural defect snug to the oesophagus with the calibration bougie inside. ,Patients were put in Lloyd-Davies position under general anaesthesia. Pneumoperitoneu
J) or EndoGIA (Medtronic). Methylene dye blue-dye leak test were performed routinely to ensure stapler-line integrity.
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,No Intervention Procedure/Surgery
Crural reinforcement,Conventional Sleeve Gastrectomy

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 71 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with a BMI of 32.5 kg/m2 or more with at least one obesity-related co-morbidities, and all patients with BMI 37.5 kg/m2 or more were selected for this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with grade IV sliding Hiatus Hernia were excluded based on pre-operative upper endoscopy based.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
GERD Symptoms 3years HRQOL GERD SCORE

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
N/A N/A N/A

Countries

Malaysia

Contacts

Public ContactMohd Firdaus Che Ani

Universiti Teknologi MARA

firdaus.cheani@gmail.com0193653798

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026