… as the regional referral center for complex foregut surgery, and all patients have documented
follow-up of > 30 days after operation. As this is a single-center study conducted at a high-…

… part of patients and referring doctors to consider elective open surgical repair because of the
… and encourage more consistent referral of patients for elective repair with an earlier return …

… In the present study we were able to identify a large cohort of patients over almost … repair
of a giant paraesophageal hernias is not required in all patients. We demonstrated that hernia-…

… surgery. Prior to this time, operations such as Nissen fundoplication, cholecystectomy, and
transthoracic or transabdominal repair of giant hiatal hernia … , the impact of referral bias on the …

… hiatal hernia, a giant paraesophageal hernia (PER) is present and can be associated with
significant morbidity.2 The exact number of patients with a giant … in referrals for surgical repair …

… Feature Editor Note—The management of giant paraesophageal hernias remains … surrounding
repair of giant paraesophageal hernias, including management of recurrent hiatal hernias…

… Giant paraesophageal hernias (GPHH) occur frequently in the elderly and … all hiatal hernias.
Up to now controversy persists between expected medical treatment and surgical treatment. …

… , intervention is now reserved for symptomatic paraesophageal hernias. In … for repair of
paraesophageal hernia repair. Next we explore the controversies in paraesophageal hernia repair…

… Giant hernias have an increased risk of gastric volvulus causing acute gastric … giant hiatal
hernias. The goals of this study are to determine the incidence of giant hiatal hernias found on …

… The surgical repair of paraesophageal hiatal hernias (PHH) can be performed … treatment,
results of mesh reinforcement of the cruroplasty, the necessity for additional antireflux surgery, …