Postoperative hiatal hernia after esophagectomy occurs with a frequency of 0.4-6%, and the local conditions following esophagectomy promote its occurrence. In the material presented here, hiatal hernia in the form of displacement of the colon to the mediastinum was established in 0.78% (2/256) of all performed esophagectomies. Both cases were reoperated successfully.

The more frequent diagnosis of sliding hiatal hernia has focused surgical attention on the crural fibres of the diaphragm. The part played by the muscular hiatus in " the closing mechanism " between stomach and oesophagus is, however, still undecided. Various experimental methods of dividing crural muscle and phrenic nerve have been tried at different centres to evaluate the importance of the m...

Paraesophageal (type II) hiatus hernia represents a dis-• tinct anatomic and clinic entity requiring a unique therapeutic strategy, and is differentiated from the more common type I (sliding) hiatus hernia. All symptomatic patients, in the absence of prohibitive • operative risk, should undergo elective repair to prevent life-threatening complications, such as obstruction, strangulation , perfo...

introduction: proximal displacement of stomach and gastro-esophageal junction into the thoracic cavity results in a condition known as hiatal hernia (hh). sometimes this entity is neglected in practice and the patient is handled as gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma or other non-surgical diagnosis.case: here we present a 6 months-old female infant who present with bloody emesis since two m...

Disorders of the oesophagus present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The presenting symptoms of dysphagia, reflux, pain and vomiting are almost universal, irrespective of the underlying pathology. A combination of endoscopy, barium studies, pH studies and manometry are often required to determine the exact diagnosis and to plan the most effective treatment. Paraoesophageal hiatal hernia ...

The aim of this study was to assess clinical and radiological findings of gastro-oesophageal reflux in adults who were diagnosed as having a hiatal hernia in infancy or early childhood. One hundred and eighteen patients with a minimum age of 20 who were diagnosed as having a hiatal hernia in childhood were interviewed; barium meal examination was performed in 96 of these cases. Ninety four pati...

Hiatal hernia is a common condition of the digestive system characterized by displacement stomach into chest through esophageal hiatus diaphragm. As research progresses and more scientific evidence accumulates, continued advances in surgical approach to hiatal are expected occur. This will allow for better understanding disease’s pathophysiology development new techniques approaches that furthe...

Hiatal hernia is a common condition; its exact prevalence is uncertain because of disagreement about its definition, but some sources suggest that it is present in more than 50% of individuals older than the age of 50 years (1). Cardiologists are most commonly involved in the care of patients with hiatal hernia because of the diagnostic challenge posed by gastroesophageal reflux in the differen...