Surgery for Hiatal Hernia: Why the Results Disappoint

What's the Root Cause? by Dr Vikki Petersen · Apr 28, 2025 · 10m

If you've been considering Hiatal Hernia surgery, you've likely been told that surgery has a very high success rate and that you can expect to no longer need your PPI (antacid medication), and there are no long term side effects.

Surgery is always a risk, but the outcomes sound pretty good when you consider what you are told in the main.

Study from 2001 published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) entitled "Long-term outcome of medical and surgical therapies for GERD". The objective of the researchers was to determine exactly what the title states: Long-term outcomes of…