Erschienen in:
01.12.2004 | Letter to the Editor
Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hiatal hernia
verfasst von:
M. A. Carlson, C. T. Frantzides
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 12/2004
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Excerpt
We read with interest the recent article on laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hiatal hernia by Andujar et al. [
1]. The authors reported a paraesophageal hernia recurrence rate of 5%; they also reported recurrence of a sliding hiatal hernia in an additional 20% of their patients. Most of these latter patients, however, were symptomatically improved after the index operation. Overall, 6% of the patients required reoperation for various treatment failures. …