WITH the development of safer anesthesia and better surgical technic over the past thirty years the repair of esophageal hiatus hernia has become a well recognized surgical procedure. It is ...

Current guidelines recommend repair surgery for all large paraesophageal hernias in people younger than 60 years. A 2020 study reports that 96.4% of over 17,000 hiatal hernia repairs in a registry ...

Straightforward surgical hernia repair patients maybe able to go home a few hours after surgery or the next day. For more complex cases a few days stay in the hospital maybe warranted. Typically ...

The prognosis for hernia repairs is generally good with timely diagnosis and repair. The prognosis depends ... in about 10 percent of adults. Surgery is considered the only cure.

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year.

We hope you'll never need to know this—but in case symptoms of a hernia ever creep up, a Cleveland Clinic surgeon reveals ...

The NHS undertakes 100,000 hernia repair operations a year ... He said my problem could be rectified with a hiatus hernia operation done by keyhole surgery. He could tighten the valve and prevent ...

The inquest concluded on 10 March that Mr Glover had died from naturally occurring strangulation of a hiatus hernia with delayed surgical intervention resulting from an earlier missed opportunity ...

A hiatal hernia cannot be self-diagnosed with a physical exam and may be potentially dangerous. Instead, you should see a doctor if you experience symptoms of a hiatal hernia, such as indigestion ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

Hiatal hernia: Another kind of hernia which ... employing specialized instruments and typically mesh for repair.