Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for an esophageal hiatal hernia with incarcerated transverse colon presenting after laparoscopic gastrectomy: a case report

Abstract Background Esophageal hiatal hernia (EHH) presenting after gastrectomy for carcinoma is a type of internal hernia and very rare. There have been no published reports on the use of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) for the treatment of an incarcerated EHH that presented after a gastr...

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Main Authors: Shingo Itamoto, Nobuaki Fujikuni, Kazuaki Tanabe, Senichiro Yanagawa, Masahiro Nakahara, Toshio Noriyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01621-y