Does familial adenomatous polyposis predispose to pathologic exposure of the stomach to bilirubin?
This study shows that gastric exposure to bilirubin is of longer duration in FAP patients than in healthy volunteers, and in FAP patients with gastric polyps than in those without polyps. This study supports the existence of a direct correlation between pathologic duodenogastric reflux (DGR), the absence of H. pylori in the antrum, and the presence of gastric polyps in FAP patients.
Although numerous variables were analyzed in our study, the differences noted did not have an impact on our final results as the clinical pregnancy rates were maintained in the antagonist group.