hiatus hernia
Sign in to saveAlso known as hiatal hernia, Diaphragmatic - hiatus -hernia, Hiatal hernia (disorder), HERNIA, HIATUS
type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment of the chest
Key facts
- Other names
- Hiatus hernia
- Specialty
- Gastroenterology , general surgery
- Symptoms
- Taste of acid in the back of the mouth, heartburn , trouble swallowing
- Complications
- Iron deficiency anemia , volvulus , bowel obstruction
- Types
- Sliding, paraesophageal
- Risk factors
- Obesity , older age, major trauma
- Diagnostic method
- Endoscopy , medical imaging , manometry
- Treatment
- Raising the head of the bed, weight loss, medications, surgery
- Medication
- H2 blockers , proton pump inhibitors
- Frequency
- 10–80% (US)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
11,391 papers- Hiatus hernia.Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1952
- Hiatus hernia.British medical journal · 1960
- Simultaneous sleeve gastrectomy and hiatus hernia repair: a systematic review.Obesity surgery · 2015
- Hiatus hernia.University of Western Ontario medical journal · 1946
- HIATUS hernia.Postgraduate medical journal · 1952
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Sliding hernia(esophagus).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hiatal hernia
- health specialty
- general surgery
- ICPC 2 ID
- D90
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C98945
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002036
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- pantoprazole
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
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Encyclopedic overview
A hiatal hernia or hiatus hernia is a type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment of the chest. This may result in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) with symptoms such as a taste of acid in the back of the mouth or heartburn. Other symptoms may include trouble swallowing and chest pains. Complications may include iron deficiency anemia, volvulus, or bowel obstruction.
The most common risk factors are obesity and older age. Other risk factors include major trauma, scoliosis, and certain types of surgery. There are two main types: sliding hernia, in which the body of the stomach moves up; and paraesophageal hernia, in which an abdominal organ moves beside the esophagus. The diagnosis may be confirmed with endoscopy or medical imaging. Endoscopy is typically only required when concerning symptoms are present, symptoms are resistant to treatment, or the person is over 50 years of age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hiatus hernia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.