A method of surgical treatment of esophageal hernia of the diaphragm

One of the common and difficult-to-treat complications after surgery for esophageal hernia is its narrowing, accompanied by dysphagia and severe pain syndrome. Surgical treatment of esophageal hernia includes fundoplication and suturing of the esophageal opening of the diaphragm on a probe under the control of the surgeon's fingers inserted into the esophageal opening. The data obtained in this case cannot be used for objective estimation of the degree of narrowing of the esophageal opening of the diaphragm necessary for hernia repair and sufficient for normal functioning of the esophageal-gastric transition, because individual anatomical features of the fingers and their orientation are highly variable for each particular surgeon.