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Prevalence of Esophageal Dysmotility and Reflux in Muscle Tension Dysphonia Patients

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) contributes to muscle tension dysphonia (MTD); however, symptoms overlap with esophageal dysmotility. Study aims were to determine the prevalence of esophageal disorders among MTD patients and correlate pathologies to patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Megan Brianne Saltsgaver, Madison Cheung, Theo Covello, Weihai Zhan, Inna A. Husain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postprandial cardiogenic syncope caused by gastric polyp-induced pyloric obstruction in an elderly woman with a giant hiatal hernia: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2017
Background Hiatal hernias are common. In some reports, hiatal hernias have been implicated in causing dyspnea, syncope, and heart failure. Case presentation An 82-year-old woman with a hiatal hernia was admitted to our hospital because she had ...
Hideyuki Saito, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Makoto Sohda, Makoto Sakai, Hiroaki Honjyo, Yuuji Kumakura, Tomonori Yoshida, Takehiko Yokobori, Koji Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Kuwano   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

GERD and Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is highly prevalent, yet its association with upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancers beyond esophageal adenocarcinoma remains incompletely defined. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to quantify the risk of specific UADT cancers in individuals with GERD.
Janice Huang, Nicolas Jo, Garret Forman, Tonya Aaron, Sophia Peifer, Soumil Prasad, Luke van Leeuwen, Laura Wild, Nicholas DiStefano, Zhibin Chen, Elizabeth Franzmann   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the frequency of hiatal hernia in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy

Medicine Science
Obesity was identified as an essential and independent risk factor for hiatal hernia. This study focused on the frequency of hiatal hernia detection in patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy in our clinic. The relationship between
Ali Riza Caliskan, Sedat Cicek
doaj   +1 more source

Sarcopenia Risk is Associated With Decreased Swallow Safety in Patients With Dysphagia

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Sarcopenia, characterized by the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, is associated with adverse health outcomes in older adults. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between sarcopenia risk, handgrip strength, and swallowing function in patients with dysphagia undergoing Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (
Nogah Nativ‐Zeltzer, Yarden Ashkenazi, Lisa S. Halaby, Liav Hayat, Oshri Wasserzug, Yael Oestreicher‐Kedem, Nidal Muhanna, Yuval Nachalon   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low-dose combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for a patient with a giant hiatal hernia who underwent urological surgery

Journal of International Medical Research, 2018
A hiatal hernia refers to herniation of the abdominal organs through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm. A giant hiatal hernia affects digestive and cardiopulmonary function by compressing the organs.
Mi Kyeong Kim, Junoik Shin, Jeong-Hyun Choi, Hee Yong Kang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Efficacy and Medium‐Term Patient‐Reported Outcomes Following Conversion From Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Band to One Anastomoses Gastric Bypass: A Cohort Study

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
In this large single‐centre series, conversional one‐anastomosis gastric bypass was demonstrated to be safe and to deliver meaningful medium‐term weight loss with low morbidity after primary sleeve gastrectomy or gastric banding. While reflux was not universally resolved, patient‐reported satisfaction was high, and secondary enteroenterostomy provided ...
Aaron Lerch, Mokshitha Katneni, Ian Martin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic repair of hiatal hernias: Experience after 200 consecutive cases [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2014
Introduction. Repair of hiatal hernias has been performed traditionally via open laparotomy or thoracotomy. Since first laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair in 1992, this method had a growing popularity and today it is the standard approach in ...
Bjelović Miloš, Babič Tamara, Gunjić Dragan, Veselinović Milan, Špica Bratislav   +4 more
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Post‐Banding Ulcer Bleeding After Endoscopic Ligation: Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
A PBUB is a rare but often fatal complication of endoscopic variceal band ligation. The relevant risk factors contributing to PBUB are unknown and consequently there are no effective preemptive strategies. This study highlights kidney disease as a predictor of PBUB together with the well‐established higher risk for urgent band ligation.
Maria de Brito Nunes, Matthias Knecht, Jonas Schropp, Reiner Wiest, Jaume Bosch, Annalisa Berzigotti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of biological meshes in diaphragmatic defects – An evidence-based review of the literature

Frontiers in Surgery, 2015
The widespread use of meshes for hiatal hernia repair has emerged in the era of laparoscopic surgery, although sporadic cases of mesh augmentation of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture have been reported. The indications for biologic meshes in diaphragmatic
Stavros Athanasios Antoniou, Rudolph ePointner, Frank Alexander Granderath, Ferdinand eKöckerling   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source