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Herniation of the stomach and necrotizing chest wall infection following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication

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This paper addresses gastric herniation following laparoscopic fundoplication for reflux esophagitis. Case history: A 46-year-old woman underwent Nissen fundoplication. Two days postoperatively she developed gastric herniation and perforation with subsequent pleural effusion and necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall. A patent crural repair might reduce the occurrence of paraoesophageal herniation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Bergen, Haukeland Sykehus, N-5021, Norway, NO

    A. Viste

  2. Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Bergen, Haukeland Sykehus, N-5021 Bergen, Norway, NO

    H. Vindenes

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bergen, Haukeland Sykehus, N-5021 Bergen, Norway, NO

    S. Gjerde

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Received: 12 April 1996/Accepted: 26 November 1996

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Viste, A., Vindenes, H. & Gjerde, S. Herniation of the stomach and necrotizing chest wall infection following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Surg Endosc 11, 1029–1031 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900518

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