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Table 1 Patient outcome by indication

From: The Belsey Mark IV: an operation with an enduring role in the management of complicated hiatal hernia

Indication for a thoracic approach

Esophagitis

Visick score

Post-thoracotomy pain

Successful** surgery

 

Before surgery

After surgery

     

Previous abdominal surgery

2/4

0/4

I

2/4

1

3/4

4/4

II

2/4

2

1/4

     

3

0/4

 

GEJ* >5 cm above the hiatus

2/2

0/2

I

2/2

1

2/2

2/2

II

0/2

2

0/2

 
     

3

0/2

 

Recurrence

3/5

2/5

I

2/5

1

1/5

2/5

II

5/5

2

2/5

     

3

2/5

 

Paraesophageal hernia

4/4

0/4

I

4/4

1

2/4

4/4

II

0/4

2

2/4

     

3

0/4

 

Total

11/15

2/15

I

10/15

1

8/15

12/15

II

5/15

2

5/15

III

0/15

3

2/15

   

IV

0/15

4

0/15

 
  1. *GEJ, gastroesophageal junction; **see Results in text.