Nader M Hanna, Sunjay S Kumar, Amelia T Collings, Yagnik K Pandya, James Kurtz, Keshav Kooragayala, Meghan W Barber, Mykola Paranyak, Marina Kurian, Jeffrey Chiu, Ahmed Abou-Setta, Mohammed T Ansari, Bethany J Slater, Geoff Kohn, Shaun Daly
BACKGROUND: The surgical management of hiatal hernia remains controversial. We aimed to compare outcomes of mesh versus no mesh and fundoplication versus no fundoplication in symptomatic patients; surgery versus observation in asymptomatic patients; and redo hernia repair versus conversion to Roux-en-Y reconstruction in recurrent hiatal hernia. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and the ClinicalTrials.gov databases between 2000 and 2022 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, and case series (asymptomatic and recurrent hernias)...
April 17, 2024: Surgical Endoscopy