A new study published in the journal of BMC Surgery showed that the laparoscopic "tunnel" approach significantly reduces the risk of vagus nerve injury and helps preserve perigastric vessels during ...

Merit Medical defines the term “cTIF” as a consecutive Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication, which consists of a Hiatal Hernia Repair (HHR) followed by a Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication ...

A hiatal hernia occurs when part of your stomach ... Surgeons often combine surgical repair with fundoplication to relieve GERD. Fundoplication involves wrapping the upper part of your stomach ...

A hiatal hernia is a condition in which the upper part of your stomach bulges through an opening in your diaphragm. Different types of hiatal hernia, such as a paraesophageal hernia, can require ...

Laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: to mesh or not to mesh ... Mesh erosion as a complication of laparoscopic fundoplication with prosthetic hiatal closure: report of a case. Surg Laparosc ...

The two-part procedure includes a a hiatal hernia repair with concomitant transoral incisionless fundoplication or cTIF. Q: HOW SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ARE THESE TREATMENTS? A: The procedure may offer ...

All patients had their hernial sac removed from the mediastinum, all diaphragmatic branches were sewn up and fundoplication was carried out. Esophageal hiatal hernia was ... after laparoscopic repair ...

Therefore, the necessity of an anti-reflux procedure concurrent with the repair of the large hiatus hernia ... These data support the case for routine fundoplication when repairing hiatus hernia, ...

Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF ... But combining it with laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair might be an option. Doctors only do these procedures as a last resort for treating acid ...

Hiatal hernia repair. Bell R, Freeman K ... Seeras K, Bittar K, Siccardi M. Nissen fundoplication (anti-reflux procedure). StatPearls. Updated 2020. University Hospitals. Hiatal hernia surgery ...