Acute gastric dilatation in an incarcerated hiatus hernia
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1Division of Anaesthesia, Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case is reported of an unusual complication in which acute gastric dilatation occurred in an incarcerated hiatus hernia, resulting in left ventricular failure in the postoperative period. Failure to recognize this gave rise to concern when the patient re-presented for further surgery.