Current concepts in the management of paraesophageal hiatal hernia.
Herniation of a portion of the stomach through the esophageal hiatus into the posterior mediastinum is a common affliction of humans. The incidence of hiatal hernia is difficult to determine because of the absence of symptoms in a large number of patients. Upper gastrointestinal barium examinations in symptomatic patients identify some type of hiatal hernia in as many as 15% of patients.
Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
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D018662:Fundoplication; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy