In some patients, the fundoplication can be performed using minimally invasive surgery, or laparoscopy. |
The 40-year-old man underwent partial gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy for gastro-oesophageal reflux unresponsive to fundoplication. |
Previous surgical history included a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication 16 years earlier complicated by a postoperative hiatal hernia. |
Gastropericardial fistula and Candida kruzei pericarditis following laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. |
The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication. |
Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al. |