Table
1: Incidence
of reflux in patients with giant HH.
Authors |
N |
Definition of Hiatus Hernia |
Patients with reflux (%) |
Carrott, et al.
[35] |
270 |
Para-oesophageal
hernia 87% had > 50%
in chest |
176 (65%)
heartburn, 76 (28%)
oesophagitis |
Carrott, et al.
[2] |
120 |
No definition 95 of patients
had > 50% of their stomach in the chest |
71 (59%)
heartburn |
Pallabazzer, et
al. [58] |
38 |
Type III or
Type IV HH |
33 (87%)
heartburn |
Chowbey, et al.
[59] |
73 |
> 5 cm
hernial defect |
42 (57.5%)
heartburn |
Leeder, et al. [3] |
53 |
Symptomatic
para-oesophageal HH All had > 50%
of stomach in the chest on “barium swallow” |
23 (43%) reflux
symptoms 9 (17%)
oesophagitis |
Aly, et al. [1] |
100 |
> 50%
stomach in chest |
79 (79%)
heartburn, 55 (55%)
oesophagitis |
Geha, et al. [60] |
100 |
> 50%
stomach in chest |
74 (74%)
heartburn 2 (2%)
oesophagitis |
Maziak, et al. [61] |
94 |
Incarcerated
paraoesophageal HH. No definition |
78 (83%)
symptomatic reflux 34 (36%)
oesophagitis |