gas-bloat syndrome
gas-bloat syndrome
GI disease The inability to vomit and/or 'degas' after gastric fundoplication for reflux esophagitis, a complication of the Nissen repair of a hiatal hernia, a procedure that corrects 96% of esophageal reflux; bloating is attributed to vagal injury. See Nissen repair. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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