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Complications

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These complications of a para-oesophageal hiatus hernia include:

  • ulceration - acute or chronic gastric ulcer in the pouch or riding over the diaphragmatic margins - "riding ulcer." Caused by stasis in the gastric pouch and resultant erosion of the gastric mucosa.
  • haemorrhage - due to bleeding or perforation of the ulcer
  • incarceration
  • volvulus
  • obstruction - usually at the oesophagogastric junction
  • strangulation - in advanced disease may involve small and large bowel, and spleen in addition to stomach
  • ischaemia
  • infarction

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