Biomaterial Database

[Nissen's operation for hiatal hernia]. 1960

A G WEISS, and L HOLLENDER, and J P WITZ

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003964	Diaphragm	The musculofibrous partition that separates the THORACIC CAVITY from the ABDOMINAL CAVITY. Contraction of the diaphragm increases the volume of the thoracic cavity aiding INHALATION.	Respiratory Diaphragm,Diaphragm, Respiratory,Diaphragms,Diaphragms, Respiratory,Respiratory Diaphragms
D006548	Hernia, Diaphragmatic	Protrusion of abdominal structures into the THORAX as a result of congenital or traumatic defects in the respiratory DIAPHRAGM.	Diaphragmatic Hernia,Diaphragmatic Hernias,Hernias, Diaphragmatic
D006551	Hernia, Hiatal	STOMACH herniation located at or near the diaphragmatic opening for the ESOPHAGUS, the esophageal hiatus.	Hernia, Esophageal,Hernia, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernia,Esophageal Hernia,Hernia, Hiatus,Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia,Sliding Esophageal Hernia,Sliding Hiatal Hernia,Esophageal Hernia, Sliding,Esophageal Hernias,Esophageal Hernias, Sliding,Hernia, Paraesophageal Hiatal,Hernia, Sliding Esophageal,Hernia, Sliding Hiatal,Hernias, Esophageal,Hernias, Hiatal,Hernias, Hiatus,Hernias, Paraesophageal,Hernias, Paraesophageal Hiatal,Hernias, Sliding Esophageal,Hernias, Sliding Hiatal,Hiatal Hernia, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernia, Sliding,Hiatal Hernias,Hiatal Hernias, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernias, Sliding,Hiatus Hernia,Hiatus Hernias,Paraesophageal Hernia,Paraesophageal Hernias,Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernias,Sliding Esophageal Hernias,Sliding Hiatal Hernias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018662	Fundoplication	Mobilization of the lower end of the esophagus and plication of the fundus of the stomach around it (fundic wrapping) in the treatment of GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX that may be associated with various disorders, such as hiatal hernia. (From Dorland, 28th ed)	Nissen Operation,Operation, Nissen