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Case Reports
. 2010 Apr;14(2):211-3.
doi: 10.1007/s10029-009-0531-0. Epub 2009 Jul 10.

Hiatal hernias presenting as a late complication of laparoscopic-assisted cardio-oesophagectomy

C Lowe  1 , D Subar, C Hall, J Kumpavat, B Decadt, A Agwunobi
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Case Reports

Hiatal hernias presenting as a late complication of laparoscopic-assisted cardio-oesophagectomy

C Lowe et al. Hernia. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

The resection of oesophageal cancer offers the only chance of cure. The introduction of minimally invasive oesophagectomy has gained wide acceptance for the surgical treatment of oesophago-gastric cancers. The most commonly reported late complications of minimally invasive oesophagectomy are anastamotic stricture, chylothorax, chronic diarrhoea and delayed gastric emptying. Symptomatic hiatus hernia presenting as a late complication of laparoscopic cardio-oesophagectomy is not a widely reported complication. We have encountered three such cases, two of which were treated laparoscopically.

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