Recent experience has shown that a large (giant) Hiatal Hernia (GHH) is a common problem known to impact adjacent organs such as the hearts and lungs. Those referred for surgical repair often complain of dyspnea, which is erroneously attributed to pulmonary compression or aspiration, but has ...
Prosthetic closure of the esophageal hiatus in large hiatal hernia repair and laparoscopic antireflux surgery BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy has become the standard surgical approach to both surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease and large/paraesophageal hiatal herni... FA Granderath,MA Carlson,JK Champion...
Main symptoms of GERD include persistent acid reflux or acid regurgitation and heartburn. However, some people can experience GERD without heartburn.2Occasional heartburn and acid reflux are normal, but when symptoms are persistent or more frequent, they may be signs of chronic acid reflux (GERD)...
PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX/HIATAL HERNIA IN CHILDRENPediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular biology to epidemiology. Use of model organisms and in ...
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has gained great popularity as a stand-alone bariatric procedure because short- and mid-term outcomes in terms of weight loss and resolution of co-morbidities have been very positive. However, long-term results from large series still are sparse. ...
Thus, adipose tissue has a defined growth boundary for a given individual, and this limit has a large inter-individual variability. Objectives FATe is a clinical project with the following specific aims: 1) Use of imaging techniques (CT-scan), metabolo- mics, and transcriptomics to identify ...
When presenting as an acute, rapidly evolving complication, a complete bypass obstruction has one of the shortest "time to treat TTT" [112]. This is due to the large volume of digestive fluids accumulated in the upper digestive tract, with possible evolution to gastric wall necrosis and/or ...
Green BT, Broughton WA, O’Connor JB. Marked improvement in nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux in a large cohort of patients with obstructive sleep apnea treated with continuous positive airway pressure. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:41–5.https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.163.1.41. ...
The compulsive overeater has an uncontrolled obsession to eat large amounts of food even when not hungry. This often leads to binge-eating. Binge-eating disorder may be described as a type of compulsive overeating disorder although this compulsion is more episodic in binge-eating. ...
Surgical Treatment of Complications of Esopliageal Hiatal HerniaBRINDLEY, G. V. JR.Annals of Surgery