I had an Endoscopy yesterday, after I woke up and got ready to leave the doctor came in. He gave me pictures from the scope and told me he had found a small Hiatal Hernia. He said he should be able to remove it when I have my surgery. Has anyone else had this problem?

Not I, but I do know that it's not uncommon. Bariatric surgeons repair the hiatal hernia at the time of bariatric surgery. I understand that it's quite a minor thing with nothing added from which to recover.

Now that you have me thinking about it, the GI who did my pre-surgery endoscopy told me that I had a hiatal hernia. I let my surgeon know. She said something along the line of "No big deal. I'll take care of it." After surgery, I asked about it and was told that she saw no sign of HH while she'd been mucking about with my insides.

Hiatal hernia repairs are often down during wls procedures. It's a perfect opportunity to knock it out.

Yes I had a hiatal hernia that was found during surgery, he just removed it and let me know.

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