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 ...

A paraesophageal hiatal hernia occurs when a part of the stomach protrudes through the esophageal hiatus and lies beside the esophagus, without involvement of the gastroesophageal junction (Figure 3).

If you have a hiatal hernia, part of your upper stomach bulges into your diaphragm. Your diaphragm helps prevent stomach acid from entering your esophagus. In individuals with hiatal hernias ...

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 ...

Local edema and muscular spasm may be responsible. In patients with an esophageal hiatus hernia the gastric balloon may not impinge in the stomach. In addition to inefficient tamponade ...

Normally the entire stomach sits below the diaphragm. The esophagus passes through an opening in the diaphragm called the hiatus before it enters the stomach. Weakened tissues within and around the ...

Heartburn, also called acid indigestion, is an irritation of the esophagus caused by acid that refluxes (comes back up) from the stomach. When swallowing, food passes down the throat and through ...