Year: 1997
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: We experienced a case of large sliding hiatal hernia of the esophagus associated with dyspnea. A 77-year-old woman had felt chest disomfort after meal since 1993. When she was admitted to the hospital besause of uterus cervical cancer, she suddenly complained of dyspnea on May 23, 1995. Chest X-ray showed a large cardiac silhouete. Upper gastorointestinal series showed a short esophagus and a large sliding hiatal hernia. Fundopulication of Nissen modification procedure, Hill's posterior gastropexy and proximal selective vagotomy were performed. No post operative complication occurred. Hiatal hernia of the esophagus is a disease relating to aging. It is speculated that such cases of sliding hiatal hernia as this case had may increase with an increase in the proportion of aged to the whole population.
Institution: Kawanishi City Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2335233141