THE literature is replete with excellent accounts of the clinical aspects and the surgical management of all of the classic types of diaphragmatic hernia. With the excellent contributions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiatal hernia occurs when part of the stomach or other abdominal organs pushes through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity, ...

During this interval there were over 3000 admissions to the Thoracic Surgical Section. Twenty-nine patients, or about 1 per cent, had proved peptic esophagitis. Sixty-two patients with diaphragmatic ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

A hiatal hernia can cause acid reflux, as it affects the muscles that prevent stomach acid from flowing back up the esophagus. A hiatal hernia occurs when the stomach bulges through a gap in the ...

Sleeve gastrectomy with hiatal hernia repair shows acceptable long-term outcomes, with postoperative reflux symptoms being ...

You’re eating a quick lunch and you get a weird sensation — you feel not only nauseated but also like something is stuck in the middle of your chest. You could chalk it up to eating too fast, but if ...

If you frequently get uncomfortable heartburn or feel very full after eating meals and are blaming it on your food, you may be in the dark. Bloating, burning sensation in the chest and abdomen may be ...

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 ...