Complications of mesh repair in hiatal surgery: About 3 cases and review of the literature

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  De Moor, Véronique ^a   Zalcman, Marc ^a   Delhaye, Myriam ^a   El Nakadi, Issam ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

complications; esogastric perforation; esophageal stenosis; hiatal hernia; mesh; mesh erosion

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH EROSION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH VOLVULUS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84865449907     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318253e440     Document Type: Review

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