These hernias concern doctors more than sliding hiatal hernias, even though they still may not cause symptoms. Your esophagus and stomach stay where they should be, but part of your stomach finds its ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 72-year-old female with MGUS. I was just diagnosed with an ulcer, Barrett's esophagus, GERD and a hiatal hernia of 8 cm. My surgeon has put me on high-dose Prilosec and Carafate ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

WITH the development of safer anesthesia and better surgical technic over the past thirty years the repair of esophageal hiatus hernia has become a well recognized surgical procedure. It is ordinarily ...

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 ...

In early 2018, Karen A. DiBernardo White noticed a growth about the size of a golf ball that was just below her belly button, on her left side. Within months, the protrusion grew to the size of an ...

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 ...

What Causes a Hiatus Hernia? In some people, the hiatus or hole in the diaphragm weakens and enlarges. It is not known why this occurs. It may be due to heredity, while in others it may be caused by ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old female with MGUS. I was just diagnosed with an ulcer, Barrett’s esophagus, GERD and a hiatal hernia of 8 cm. My surgeon has put me on high-dose Prilosec and Carafate ...