Brain, R. H. F. (1973). Thorax, 28, 515-520. Surgical management of hiatal herniae and oesophageal strictures in systemic sclerosis. The clinical manifestations of 10 patients with systemic sclerosis whose oesophageal complications were managed by surgery are reported. Ninety per cent had a severe ulcerating type of oesophagitis and all had hiatal herniae demonstrable by contrast radiology. All...

Brain, R. H. F. (1973). Thorax, 28, 515-520. Surgical management of hiatal herniae and oesophageal strictures in systemic sclerosis. The clinical manifestations of 10 patients with systemic sclerosis whose oesophageal complications were managed by surgery are reported. Ninety per cent had a severe ulcerating type of oesophagitis and all had hiatal herniae demonstrable by contrast radiology. All...

INTRODUCTION Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a condition in which the normal squamous epithelium of the esophagus is replaced with metaplastic intestinal-type epithelium. This epithelium can progress sequentially from metaplasia to low-grade dysplasia, then to high-grade dysplasia and finally to invasive adenocarcinoma. Many factors that appear to be risk factors for the presence of BE include obes...

Aim . To study the possibilities of using video endoscopic technologies in surgical treatment hiatal hernia and evaluate long-term results. Materials methods : 52 patients who underwent laparoscopic correction were examined. Results Excellent good results obtained 31 (73,8%), a group with satisfactory 2 (4,8%) patients, an unsatisfactory result was observed 9 (21,4%) patients.

Aim. To study the possibilities of using video endoscopic technologies in surgical treatment hiatal hernia and evaluate long-term results. Materials methods. 52 patients who underwent laparoscopic correction were examined. Results. Excellent good results obtained 31 (73,8%), a group with satisfactory 2 (4,8%) patients, an unsatisfactory result was observed 9 (21,4%) patients.

A survey has been made of 110 children under 4 years of age who developed inguinal hernias. Of these, 61 became incarcerated at some time, the highest incidence being in the youngest infants; the bowel was not strangulated in any of these hernias. No untoward effects were seen to result from a short trial of conservative treatment in incarcerated hernia.

A 73-year-old man presented with severe postprandial epigastric pain that did not radiate. He had 6 episodes of emesis followed by retching. The character of the pain was different from past anginal symptoms. At his local emergency department, a chest roentgenogram revealed air presumably within a large intrathoracic hiatal hernia (Figure 1). Computed tomography was notable for the stomach bein...

Intercostal transdiaphragmatic hernia is a rarely reported lesion. Trauma is the commonest cause. We report a 75-year-old man who presented with transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia due to chronic cough. He recovered after surgical repair.

Surgery for refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia leads to recurrence or persisting dysphagia in a minority of patients. Redo antireflux surgery in GERD and hiatal hernia is known for higher morbidity and mortality. This study aims to evaluate conventional versus robot-assisted laparoscopic redo antireflux surgery, with the objective to detect possible advantages f...