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Laparoscopic giant hiatal hernia repair with absorbable mesh

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2022
Background: The best operative approach to large hiatal hernias still remains controversial between suture cruroplasty and prosthetic hiatal herniorrhaphy. This study aims at analysing results from a single institution in Italy in terms of subjective and
Massimiliano Ardu, Damiano Bisogni, Alessandro Bruscino, Rosaria Tucci, Massimo Falchini, Andrea Valeri, Paolo Prosperi   +6 more
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Giant hiatal hernia

Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
A giant hiatal hernia (GHH) is a type III hernia with a sliding and para esophageal component such as > 30% of the stomach, colon, spleen or pancreas due a chronic positive pressure on the diaphragmatic hiatus. Surgical repair requires hernia sac excision, tension-free repair and Nissen fundoplication. Recurrence rates range between 2% and 12%. A 77
Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza
openaire   +4 more sources

Diagnostic challenges of hiatal hernia Type IV: An imaging perspective

Radiology Case Reports
Type IV hiatal hernia is a mixed type of hiatal hernia characterized by the herniation of visceral organs other than the stomach into the mediastinum. It is the least common type of hiatal hernia.
Harry Galuh Nugraha, Maria Agustina, Heda Melinda Nataprawira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pregabalin Efficacy in Treatment of Chronic Neurogenic Cough

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
The use of neuromodulators for chronic cough has increased; however, the choice of medication, dosing regimen, and duration are still unclear. This longitudinal study of 95 adults taking pregabalin, 75 mg twice daily, for CNC demonstrated 78% improvement or resolution of cough, 17% unchanged, 1% worse cough, with a mean of 6 weeks of therapy, and only ...
Jacqui Allen, Carmen Esna, Camille Prigent, Anna Miles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unintentional Weight Loss Does Not Predict Poor Outcomes in Zenker Diverticulum

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
In this study of 427 patients with Zenker's diverticulum, 23.6% had significant unintentional preoperative weight loss. Weight loss was associated with preoperative dysphagia and with both the smallest and largest pouches. Postoperative outcomes were similar in patients with and without weight loss, demonstrating a similar efficacy and safety profile ...
Ari D. Schuman, Jacqui Allen, Mekibib Altaye, Milan R. Amin, Semirra L. Bayan, Peter C. Belafsky, Brad W. DeSilva, Shumon I. Dhar, Dale C. Ekbom, Aaron D. Friedman, Mark Fritz, Glendon M. Gardner, Elizabeth A. Guardiani, Christopher Johnson, Jan Kasperbauer, Brandon Kim, Brittany N. Krekeler, Maggie A. Kuhn, Yue Ma, Lyndsay L. Madden, Laura Matrka, Ross M. Mayerhoff, Cyrus Piraka, Apoorva Ramaswamy, Clark A. Rosen, Haley C. Sibley, Meredith Tabangin, Carter Wright, Z. Mike Yang, Vyvy N. Young, Gregory Postma, Rebecca J. Howell   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Is the Reality of Hiatal Hernia Management?—A Registry Analysis

Frontiers in Surgery, 2020
Introduction: To date, the guidelines for surgical repair of hiatal hernias do not contain any clear recommendations on the hiatoplasty technique with regard to the use of a mesh or to the type of fundoplication (Nissen vs. Toupet). This present 10-years
Ferdinand Köckerling, Konstantinos Zarras, Daniela Adolf, Barbara Kraft, Dietmar Jacob, Dirk Weyhe, Christine Schug-Pass   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cervical Inlet Patches in R‐CPD: An Unrecognized Predictor of Treatment Failure

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This retrospective cohort study identified cervical inlet patches (CIP) in 19.8% of patients undergoing cricopharyngeal botulinum toxin injection for R‐CPD. CIP presence and increasing age independently predicted failure to sustain a long‐term treatment response, suggesting that CIP may be an underrecognized factor in R‐CPD treatment durability ...
Andrew Geoffrey Tritter, Nabeeha Hasan, Jered Wilson   +2 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

Differentiating Persistent and Recurrent Dysphagia in Zenker Diverticulum: A POuCH Study

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
In longitudinal follow up of 160 patients who underwent surgery for Zenker's diverticulum, 29 patients did not respond (< 50% improvement in EAT‐10 and final EAT‐10 greater than 3). Two cohorts of patients emerged: the majority (23/29), who had persistent symptoms after surgery and never improved to a new baseline, and a smaller cohort (6/29) who had ...
Ari D. Schuman, Jacqui Allen, Mekibib Altaye, Milan R. Amin, Semirra L. Bayan, Peter C. Belafsky, Brad W. DeSilva, Shumon Dhar, Dale C. Ekbom, Aaron D. Friedman, Mark Fritz, Glendon M. Gardner, John Paul Gilberto, Elizabeth A. Guardiani, Christopher Johnson, Jan Kasperbauer, Brandon Kim, Brittany N. Krekeler, Maggie Kuhn, Yue Ma, Lyndsay L. Madden, Laura Matrka, Ross M. Mayerhoff, Cyrus Piraka, Apoorva Ramaswamy, Clark Rosen, Haley C. Sibley, Meredith Tabangin, Carter Wright, Z. Mike Yang, Vyvy N. Young, Gregory Postma, Rebecca J. Howell   +32 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