A hiatal hernia is when your stomach bulges up into your chest through an opening in your diaphragm, the muscle that separates the two areas. This opening is called the hiatus, so this condition is ...
February 15, 2012 — High-resolution manometry has a high specificity (95.12%) as well as a high predictive value (91.6%) for type 1 sliding hiatal hernia in patients with gastroesophageal reflux ...
Tension-free crural repair with nonabsorbable mesh did not reduce the incidence of hiatal hernia recurrence in patients undergoing antireflux surgery for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease ...
As a gastroenterologist, I’ve learned that many patients misunderstand a common finding, the hiatal hernia. There are two basic types of hiatal hernia. Ninety-five percent are of the sliding type, and ...
I would separate a hiatal hernia from the condition called reflux or gastric reflux disease or GERD. Some people have bad reflux without a hiatal hernia. Some have a hiatal hernia with no symptoms and ...
The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) has issued evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hiatal hernia. The new recommendations should help ...
So, how do you accommodate having a hiatal hernia? Here are some tips: ...
On Thursday actor, partyer and headline-grabber Charlie Sheen was hospitalized-- again. This time, a friend said, it was because laughing too hard aggravated the actor’s hiatal hernia, causing severe ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 80 years old, still work full-time and have generally good health, except for adult-onset asthma. Advair 250/50 was prescribed for me over 10 years ago, and I’ve been taking it ...
I find it very interesting how many people truly suffer from indigestion, heartburn, reflux, and esophagitis. Many patients will state that they have also been diagnosed with a hiatal hernia. A hiatal ...
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