Paraesophageal hernias, a rare type of hernia, occur when part of the stomach or nearby organs shift into the chest cavity.

A 36-year-old Thai woman has had to undergo intense pain for nearly two decades after medical staff mistakenly left a ...

Two of the patients with large paraesophageal hernias reported recurrent aspiration. Indications for surgery via a thoracic approach were GERD symptoms refractory to medical therapy and/or ...

A sliding hiatal hernia, the most common by far, occurs when the gastroesophageal junction protrudes above the diaphragm. A paraesophageal hiatal hernia occurs when a part of the stomach protrudes ...

Lower cuts show the patient to be postsplenectomy, consistent with the observation that paraesophageal herniation occurs most commonly after surgical dissection in the area of the hiatus.

In September, he led the first surgery with the Apple headset, for a paraesophageal hernia. “We are all blown away: It was better than we even expected,” Horgan says. In the weeks since, ...

In September, he led the first surgery with the Apple headset, for a paraesophageal hernia. “We are all blown away: It was better than we even expected,” Horgan says. In the weeks since, ...

After completing his general surgery residency, he completed a fellowship at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he focused on minimally invasive bariatric and foregut procedures such as ...