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Giant hiatus hernia: closure of the difficult hiatus

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Summary

Background

Repair of the large hiatus hernia has been troubled by diaphragmatic hiatal repair failure and recurrence. Use of mesh repair may reduce recurrence at a cost of increased reoperative complications and mesh fistulation. Methods of hiatal closure facilitation are described.

Methods

Techniques and accompanying intra-surgery pictures are discussed here based on personal experience from within a service performing variable 100 giant hernia repairs annually.

Results

Techniques for closure of a large hiatus without mesh repair are described with illustration, the purpose to expose various techniques utilized in a service performing more than 100 giant hernia repairs annually.

Conclusion

Techniques adopted and described in this article may facilitate both mesh and non-mesh repair of crural hiatal defects associated with giant hiatus hernia.

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  1. Sydney Heartburn Clinic, Suite 29, 12 Tryon Road, 2070, Lindfield, NSW, Australia

    Gregory L. Falk MB.BS, FRACS, FACS & Sophia C. Little B. AVBS (Hons I)

  2. Cl/A Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Gregory L. Falk MB.BS, FRACS, FACS

  3. Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia

    Gregory L. Falk MB.BS, FRACS, FACS

  4. Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia

    Trevor J. D’Netto MBBS (Hons)

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Video figure-of-eight suture left diaphragmatic recruitment taken during hiatus repaire. Video was taken using Stryker video camera

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Falk, G.L., D’Netto, T.J. & Little, S.C. Giant hiatus hernia: closure of the difficult hiatus. Eur Surg 51, 291–294 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-019-00612-4

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