Objective: Recurrent hiatus hernia is frequently found in patients undergoing reoperative antireflux surgery.

Paraesophageal hiatus hernia is a very rare entity in children.

Conventional Remedy: From your description it sounds like the symptoms of a hiatus hernia.

A LES-CD ≥ 3 cm seems to discern a hiatus hernia of clinical significance.

The clinical course of a massive paraesophageal hiatus hernia containing colon and stomach in a five-year-old boy is presented.

Conclusions: Repair of large recurrent hiatus hernia is a technically challenging procedure; however, there is high degree of symptom resolution and patient satisfaction.

Mrs Veronica Connolly, of Whitestrand Road, Galway, entered hospital on October 14th last year for an operation to correct a rolling hiatus hernia.

Exclusion criteria were dysphagia, grade 3 or 4 esophagitis, obesity, and hiatus hernia greater than 2 cm in length.

Conclusions: The laparoscopic treatment of paraesophageal hiatus hernias is effective with low morbidity rates, offered in symptomatic patients and good operative risk asymptomatic individuals.