Hernia

[chefcoll 53]

I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

[SleevedSylvynn 23]

I have a hiatal hernia as well - they plan to fix it suring surgery - no big deal according to my surgeon.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

Who is the "they" that told you that you had a hernia? Did they say it could prevent the surgey, or impact it? Either way don't worry too much. Just find a doctor that will repair the hernia and do the surgery at the same time.

[SDH 87]

I have a hiatal hernia as well - they plan to fix it suring surgery - no big deal according to my surgeon.

Yep...I have one too and my surgeon is going to fix it during my surgery tomorrow!!!

[tara foster 1]

I just came from my upper GI (YUK) and they told me I had a hiatal hernia. They also said this may impact whether I have the surgery or not. Feeling very frustrated! Has anyone incurred this? TIA

I had a hernia too and they fixed it when they did my surgery. Just had mine done on 9/5/13.

[chefcoll 53]

"They" was the Dr who did the procedure. Thank you everyone - I now have a bit of hope!

[shedevil 23]

I had one too. However mine could not be totally fixed. I'm part of the 5% of people who have some vein in the way..

[LMBTX 13]

I had one that was fixed during surgery. Good luck!

[smryan 17]

When I had my endoscopy they saw one but when my surgeon was doing my surgery it was nowhere to be found. I was told this is common in some cases. When they opened me up there was nothing to repair!

[hopeliveshere 294]

same here i had one diagnosed during my egd and was told that it would be fixed during the surgery

[lrs 33]

I had mine fixed during the sleeve surgery.

[Angie!! 24]

They didn't know I had one until they were doing my sleeve. Fixed it during surgery on 9/4/13

[kathy523 2]

They didn't know I had one until they were doing my sleeve. Fixed it during surgery on 9/4/13

I had one too. The doctor fixed it during my surgery on Sept. 5th.

[chefcoll 53]

Any idea how long it lengthened the surgery time?

[jensjoy28 351]

Any idea how long it lengthened the surgery time?

My surgeon says nearly 80% of his WLS patients have a hiatal hernia. If doing bypass, it isn't necessary to fix, but for VSG it is...however not a big deal in his book..mine didn't show up on upper GI, but I had a "decent size one" when they got in there, think it added about an additional 30 min toy surgery time