Concomitant hiatal hernia repair during bariatric surgery: does the reinforcement make the difference?

CONCLUSIONS: An aggressive search for and repair of HH during any bariatric procedure seems advisable, allowing a low HH recurrence rates. Additional measures, like mesh reinforcement of crural closure with biosynthetic, absorbable mesh, seem to improve results on long term follow-up, especially in case of larger hiatal defects. In our experience, reinforcement of even smaller defects seems advisable in obese population. PMID: 33006451 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Minerva Chirurgica - October 3, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research