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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2014; 20(6): 1582-1584
Published online Feb 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i6.1582
Published online Feb 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i6.1582
Is the severity of gastroesophageal reflux dependent on hiatus hernia size?
Thomas Franzén, Lita Tibbling, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Linköping University, Department of Surgery, Vrinnevi Hospital Norrköping, SE-601 82 Norrköping, Sweden
Author contributions: Franzén T and Tibbling L participated equally in the development, implementation and management of this project, and were equally involved in the writing of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Thomas Franzén, MD, PhD, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Linköping University, Department of Surgery, Vrinnevi Hospital Norrköping, SE-601 82 Norrköping, Sweden. thomas.franzen@lio.se
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Received: June 4, 2013
Revised: September 26, 2013
Accepted: October 19, 2013
Published online: February 14, 2014
Processing time: 257 Days and 20.2 Hours
Revised: September 26, 2013
Accepted: October 19, 2013
Published online: February 14, 2014
Processing time: 257 Days and 20.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Patients with a large hiatus hernia assessed by high resolution esophageal manometry are more prone to have pathological gastroesophageal reflux and to have more acid symptoms than patients with a small hiatus hernia. However, it is unlikely that patients with an absence of acid symptoms will have pathological reflux regardless of hernia size.