Medium term (> 12 months) outcomes after laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair without conventional fundoplication using PH4B-mesh implant (Phasix™) in 176 reflux patients: experience and technique.

Björn Siemssen Paul Martin Dahlke Felix Behrens Florian Hentschel Marius Jonathan Ibach

Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2024)

Augmented PH4B mesh cruroplasty without conventional fundoplication shows excellent intermediate-term results in patients with reflux disease due to hiatal hernia. Around one in thirty patients experience treatment failure within 2 years of surgery. Hernia size and overweight are key determinants of treatment failure.

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end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
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gastroesophageal reflux disease
body mass index
coronary artery disease
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acute coronary syndrome