New or enlarging hiatal hernias after thoracic surgery for early lung cancer.

JTCVS Open · 2022 · PMC9390567 · PMID 36004265

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There was a borderline significant difference by surgical technique in that new hernias were more frequent after thoracotomy (13.0%) than after a minimally invasive approach (6.4%; P = .05).

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Patients who had lobectomy ( P = .05) and an open resection via thoracotomy ( P = .06) were at the highest risk of developing new HH, although the difference only reached borderline significance.

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