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<p>Giant hiatal hernias with massive displacement of abdominal organs into the thoracic cage are known as non-typical hiatal hernias. They can occur with few clinical symptoms across many years, which often makes the diagnosis difficult. The method of choice for diagnosis is computer tomography.</p>
<p>We present 4 cases of a giant hiatal hernia. Three out of 4 patients have been operated on because of an obstruction in the upper digestive system, whereas 1 had elective surgery. In all cases, we performed a fundoplication with good results and no mortality.</p>
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Giant hiatal hernias with massive displacement of abdominal organs into the thoracic cage are known as non-typical hiatal hernias. They can occur with few clinical symptoms across many years, which often makes the diagnosis difficult. The method of choice for diagnosis is computer tomography.
We present 4 cases of a giant hiatal hernia. Three out of 4 patients have been operated on because of an obstruction in the upper digestive system, whereas 1 had elective surgery. In all cases, we performed a fundoplication with good results and no mortality.

Giant hiatal hernias – case report

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Gastroenterological Surgery

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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Giant hiatal hernias with massive displacement of abdominal organs into the thoracic cage are known as non-typical hiatal hernias. They can occur with few...

Giant hiatal hernias – case report

Published Online: Nov 01, 2022

Page range: 50 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.824

Keywords
hiatal hernia, laparotomy, fundoplication, diaphragmatic hernia, stomach, intestinal obstruction

© 2022 Agnieszka Lewandowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Giant hiatal hernias – case report

Published Online: Nov 01, 2022

Page range: 50 - 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.824

Keywordshiatal hernia, laparotomy, fundoplication, diaphragmatic hernia, stomach, intestinal obstruction

© 2022 Agnieszka Lewandowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
hiatal hernia, laparotomy, fundoplication, diaphragmatic hernia, stomach, intestinal obstruction