Laparoscopic treatment in Type IV Giant Paraesophagic Hernia and intestinal occlusion a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A Giant Hiatal Paraesophageal Hernia (GPEH) is a Hiatal Hernia (HH) that includes more than 30% of the stomach in the thorax. The gold standard form of repair today is the laparoscopic abdominal approach in elective scenarios. Laparoscopic HH repair advantages include, less postoperative pain, small incisions, reduced postoperative respiratory complications are reduced, shorter hospital stay. The objective of this paper is to describe a patient undergoing with upper intestinal obstruction and a GPEH Type IV, approached laparoscopically.

Case presentation

We received a female patient 59 years old, she came with symptoms abdominal pain, emesis of intestinal characteristics and obstipation, with an evolution of 5 days. She also referred dyspnea; she went to another

SUBMITTER: Rendon-Medina MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856679 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature