Severe type IV hiatal hernia secondary to congenital shortened esophagus.

Weller, Samantha; Powers, Christin; Sly, Bethany; Parnes, Nata; Ciani, Mario James

Weller, Samantha; Powers, Christin; Sly, Bethany; Parnes, Nata; Ciani, Mario James.

Afiliação

Weller S; Samantha Weller, Christin Powers, and Bethany Sly are students in the PA program at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Nata Parnes is director of orthopedic surgery at Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital. At the time this article was written, Mario James Ciani was an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Clarkson University. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

JAAPA ; 30(10): 1-3, 2017 Oct.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28953029

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

In patients with severe type IV hiatal hernias, clinicians should consider congenital shortened esophagus. This article reviews the causes of shortened esophagus and its clinical manifestations.

Assuntos

Esôfago/anormalidades; Hérnia Hiatal/etiologia; Anormalidades Congênitas/diagnóstico; Anormalidades Congênitas/cirurgia; Esôfago/embriologia; Esôfago/cirurgia; Humanos

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Esôfago / Hérnia Hiatal Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

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