Hiatus hernia risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of hiatus hernia include aging, obesity, trauma, scoliosis, and congenital defects.

Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development of hiatus hernia include:^[1]^[2]^[3]
- Aging
- Obesity^[4]
- Trauma^[5]
- Scoliosis^[6]

Less common risk factors in the development of hiatus hernia include:
- Congenital defects such as Intestinal malrotation in children^[7]
- Kyphosis
- Pectus excavatum
- Smoking

References

↑ Wilson LJ, Ma W, Hirschowitz BI (1999). “Association of obesity with hiatal hernia and esophagitis”. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 94 (10): 2840–4. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01426.x. PMID 10520831.
↑ Roman, S.; Kahrilas, P. J. (2014). “The diagnosis and management of hiatus hernia”. BMJ. 349 (oct23 1): g6154–g6154. doi:10.1136/bmj.g6154. ISSN 1756-1833.
↑ Menon S, Trudgill N (2011). “Risk factors in the aetiology of hiatus hernia: a meta-analysis”. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 23 (2): 133–8. doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283426f57. PMID 21178776.
↑ Stene-Larsen G, Weberg R, Frøyshov Larsen I, Bjørtuft O, Hoel B, Berstad A (1988). “Relationship of overweight to hiatus hernia and reflux oesophagitis”. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 23 (4): 427–32. PMID 3381064.
↑ Eren S, Ciriş F (2005). “Diaphragmatic hernia: diagnostic approaches with review of the literature”. Eur J Radiol. 54 (3): 448–59. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.09.008. PMID 15899350.
↑ Schuchert MJ, Adusumilli PS, Cook CC, Colovos C, Kilic A, Nason KS, Landreneau JP, Zikos T, Jack R, Luketich JD, Landreneau RJ (2011). “The impact of scoliosis among patients with giant paraesophageal hernia”. J. Gastrointest. Surg. 15 (1): 23–8. doi:10.1007/s11605-010-1307-7. PMID 20824386.
↑ Karpelowsky JS, Wieselthaler N, Rode H (2006). “Primary paraesophageal hernia in children”. J. Pediatr. Surg. 41 (9): 1588–93. doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.05.020. PMID 16952596.

Overview