Hiatal hernia is something that most people might not hear often, its symptoms are usually in the form of severe acid reflux. Dr. Choi clearly explains how it is diagnosed and the common solutions your doctor or surgeon would recommend in case you have one.
What Is Hiatal Hernia Repair?
What we’re discussing sometimes you might be diagnosed with a hiatal hernia and how do you find these out either you’ve had severe reflux or you’ve gone to your gastroenterologist and he’s done an endoscopy. So when your bariatric surgeon or surgeon goes into your abdomen laparoscopically, he will see the hernia. And if he does recognize a certain hernia there are two ways to correct the hernia. He can do a posterior correction or an anterior correction and obviously the posterior correction is a little bit more guaranteeing of reflux prevention in the future however both are acceptable in this day and age.
