Hiatal hernias presenting as a late complication of laparoscopic-assisted cardio-oesophagectomy.
The resection of oesophageal cancer offers the only chance of cure. The introduction of minimally invasive oesophagectomy has gained wide acceptance for the surgical treatment of oesophago-gastric cancers. The most commonly reported late complications of minimally invasive oesophagectomy are anastamotic stricture, chylothorax, chronic diarrhoea and delayed gastric emptying. Symptomatic hiatus hernia presenting as a late complication of laparoscopic cardio-oesophagectomy is not a widely reported complication. We have encountered three such cases, two of which were treated laparoscopically.
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Department of Surgery, Aspen House, Stepping Hill Hospital, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, UK. chris.lowe@doctors.org.uk
Subar
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Hall
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Kumpavat
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Decadt
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Agwunobi
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed