Hiatus repair (With High Generation Mesh)

Hiatus repair is a safe and effective procedure for the condition wherein the stomach protrudes through the opening in the diaphragm. However, there are many researches are still going on about the success rate of hiatus repair with the use of high generation mesh.

Till now the success rate of hiatus repair with high generation mesh is low, particularly since the recurrence rate following this type of surgery is high.

The hiatus is an opening in the muscular wall that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen (diaphragm). Hiatal hernia is a condition in which the stomach bulges up into the chest through the hiatus.

Hiatus repair with high generation mesh procedure has a variety of descriptors which overlap. However, the most common technique of hiatus repair with high generation mesh involves a typical application of the mesh onto the hiatal region after performing a primary sutured cruroplasty. The mesh is positioned posterior to the esophagus, but not completely surrounding it.

Hiatus repair with high generation mesh incisions will take about 3 months to heal. Total recovery time of hiatus repair may take some more time.

Hiatus repair complications include pain, infection, bleeding, hernia recurrence, blockage of the large or small intestine (obstruction) and adhesion.