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Review
. 1999 Jul;29(1):8-13.
doi: 10.1097/00004836-199907000-00005.

Current concepts in the management of paraesophageal hiatal hernia

M Hashemi  1 , L F Sillin, J H Peters
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Current concepts in the management of paraesophageal hiatal hernia

M Hashemi et al. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1999 Jul.

Abstract

Herniation of a portion of the stomach through the esophageal hiatus into the posterior mediastinum is a common affliction of humans. The incidence of hiatal hernia is difficult to determine because of the absence of symptoms in a large number of patients. Upper gastrointestinal barium examinations in symptomatic patients identify some type of hiatal hernia in as many as 15% of patients.

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