My Scope

[AshNic 4]

I had an Endoscopy yesterday, after I woke up and got ready to leave the doctor came in. He gave me pictures from the scope and told me he had found a small Hiatal Hernia. He said he should be able to remove it when I have my surgery. Has anyone else had this problem?

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

Not I, but I do know that it's not uncommon. Bariatric surgeons repair the hiatal hernia at the time of bariatric surgery. I understand that it's quite a minor thing with nothing added from which to recover.

Now that you have me thinking about it, the GI who did my pre-surgery endoscopy told me that I had a hiatal hernia. I let my surgeon know. She said something along the line of "No big deal. I'll take care of it." After surgery, I asked about it and was told that she saw no sign of HH while she'd been mucking about with my insides.

[Dub 9,922]

Hiatal hernia repairs are often down during wls procedures. It's a perfect opportunity to knock it out.

[reeniemay 64]

Yes I had a hiatal hernia that was found during surgery, he just removed it and let me know.

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