Clinical spectrum of paraesophageal herniation
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R J Landreneau1, J A Johnson, J B Marshall
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Paraesophageal herniation is a potentially devastating condition of the gastroesophageal hiatus commonly manifesting in patients of advanced age with other significant medical problems. Surgical treatment is generally indicated to avoid catastrophe related to gastric volvulus. The operative approach utilized should be individualized to the patient's pathophysiologic condition rather than attempting to apply a single repair for all patients with this heterogeneous clinical problem.