Paraesophageal Hernia Repair With Partial Longitudinal Gastrectomy in Obese Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Combined laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair with longitudinal partial gastrectomy offers a safe, feasible approach to the management of large or recurrent paraesophageal hernia in well-selected obese and morbidly obese patients. Short-term results were promising; however, intermediate results showed increasing rates of reflux symptoms that required medical therapy or conversion to gastric bypass. PMID: 26508825 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - March 3, 2016 Category: Surgery Tags: JSLS Source Type: research