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Current Concepts in the Management of Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 29; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00004836-199907000-00005

1539-2031

Majid Hashemi, Lelan F. Sillin, Jeffrey H. Peters,

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments

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.