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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb;14(1):39-43.
doi: 10.1007/s12328-020-01318-x. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Severe dysphagia after antireflux surgery: a rare case of esophageal hiatal stenosis

Adolfo Renzi  1 , Gianluca Minieri  2 , Guido Coretti  2 , Michele Di Marzo  2 , Antonia Di Sarno  2 , Giovanni Odierna  2 , Domenico Barbato  2 , Gianni Barone  2
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Severe dysphagia after antireflux surgery: a rare case of esophageal hiatal stenosis

Adolfo Renzi et al. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Severe and persistent dysphagia (PD) due to a stenosis of the esophageal hiatus is a serious and rare complication after antireflux procedures. In the case report presented here, the treatment of dysphagia, which arose eight weeks after surgery and progressively worsened, required a new laparoscopic approach. The re-intervention undertaken allowed us to identify the cause of the dysphagia, a tight hiatal stenosis, and to treat it successfully.

Keywords: Antireflux surgery; Dysphagia; GERD; Hiatal stenosis; Nissen procedure.

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