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Source Reference: Patti MG, Herbella FAM "Mesh and hiatal hernia repair -- the never-ending saga" JAMA Surg 2023; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4965.
A hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of your stomach pushes up through your diaphragm and into your chest region. This can cause symptoms like heartburn, acid reflux, and chest pain. Share ...
A hiatal, or hiatus, hernia occurs when the upper part of the stomach pushes through an opening in a large muscle called the diaphragm, which separates your abdomen from your chest.
A hiatal hernia occurs when tissue pushes through the diaphragm. Many experience no symptoms, but others may have acid reflux. Learn more.
During paraesophageal hiatal hernia repair, the hernia sac should be dissected away from mediastinal structures. Use of mesh for reinforcement of large hiatal hernia repairs is linked to lower ...
June 25, 2002 -- Laparoscopic repair of large hiatal hernia with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) patch reduced recurrence rates compared with standard simple cruroplasty, according to results of a ...
A hiatal hernia happens when the upper part of your stomach pushes up into your chest through an opening in your diaphragm. It can cause heartburn and other symptoms.
Clinicians successfully intubate the patient and perform a gastroscopy, which detects an axial hiatal hernia spreading approximately 37 to 38 cm from the incisors, advancing aborally, with a ...