Unexpected Hiatal Hernia

[MJP820 33]

I am a little concerned about a possible Hiatal Hernia preventing my surgery. Has anyone been surprised, and had one fixed the same day as surgery? I know someone who this happened to, and she was lucky the doctor could scope, fix the Hiatal Hernia, and get sleeved all in the same day. Especially liked to hear from any sleevers who travelers to Mexico. Is this common?

[Doreen0716 105]

I did , i didnt do it in mexico but from what i was told it pretty common to b fixed whiled getting sleeved

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[KarenOR 180]

I think it's pretty routine that they fix them while they are in there.

[jess9395 5,449]

Yup! I didn't even know I had one & my surgeon had fixed it until my nurse mentioned it the next morning.

[Introversion 1,876]

The majority of obese people have hiatal hernias and many don't even know it...

A hiatal hernia repair is an easy fix that takes a few seconds, apparently. According to my surgeon, my hiatal hernia repair added a whopping 90 seconds to my overall sleeve surgery time.

[Smooter 19]

I am a little concerned about a possible Hiatal Hernia preventing my surgery. Has anyone been surprised, and had one fixed the same day as surgery? I know someone who this happened to, and she was lucky the doctor could scope, fix the Hiatal Hernia, and get sleeved all in the same day. Especially liked to hear from any sleevers who travelers to Mexico. Is this common?

My doc said I had a hiatal hernia when she first examined me, but didn’t really say much about it in relation to he surgery. However when I was wheeled into the OR I saw on the board “gastric sleeve and possible hiatal hernia repair”. She did the repair the same day of surgery. The only change in my recovery was that I couldn’t do any intense workouts for 6 weeks. I would presume that most surgeons would just fix it since it could cause you problems later.

[Pie1216 10]

My surgeon said 3 out of 4 people who have bariatric surgery will also have a hiatal hernia which can be repaired at the same time.