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[Para-esophageal hiatal hernia with acute gastric volvulus]
B Alamowitch1, M Christophe, M Bourbon
1Service de Chirurgie, Hôpital Bellevue, CHU, Saint-Etienne.
Gastroenterologie Clinique Et Biologique
|June 3, 1999
Abstract:
We report 3 observations of acute gastric volvulus on paraesophageal hiatus hernia requiring emergency laparotomy. The main characteristics of this complication of hiatus hernia are described and the importance of early diagnosis, because of unfavorable prognosis, is stressed.