A new method of diagnosis of the hiatal hernia associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Objective: Introduction: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common gastroduodenal diseases. The relationship between the hiatal hernia and the GERD is established. It is advisable to develop an accessible non-invasive diagnostic method for this combined pathology.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease: the results of videolaparoscopic fundoplication at five years after surgery.

Introduction: GERD reduces social activity and significantly affects the quality of life (QOL) of patients and the risk of complications (cancer of the esophagus, esophageal-gastric bleeding, strictures, perforation) is one of the most pressing problems of medicine of XXI century. The aim of the research is to evaluate the results of videolaparoscopic fundoplication at five years after surgery in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Material And Methods: We studied results of videolaparoscopic antireflux surgery (VLAS) during 2009-2016 years in Department of Surgery and Endoscopy Faculty of postgraduate medical education Lviv National Medical University.