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==Overview==
In 1846, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch was first to described hiatus hernia following postmortem examination. In the recent treatment strategies [[laparoscopic]] [[fundoplication]] have indicated very relatively low [[complication]] when compare to other techniques, quick recovery, and relatively good long term effects.

== Historical Perspective ==
* During 1800s, The association between gastroesophageal reflux and hiatus hernia was postulated.
* In 1846, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch was first to described hiatus hernia following postmortem examination.<ref name="pmid15622007">{{cite journal |vauthors=Stylopoulos N, Rattner DW |title=The history of hiatal hernia surgery: from Bowditch to laparoscopy |journal=Ann. Surg. |volume=241 |issue=1 |pages=185–93 |date=January 2005 |pmid=15622007 |pmc=1356862 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* In 1855, Carl Rokitansky, a pathologist in Vienna was the first to discover the association between gastroesophageal reflux and the development of esophagitis.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1097/01.sla.0000149430.83220.7f}}</ref>

==Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies==
* In the recent treatment strategies [[laparoscopic]] [[fundoplication]] have indicated very relatively low [[complication]] when compare to other techniques, quick recovery, and relatively good long term effects.<ref name="pmid22648098">{{cite journal |vauthors=Witteman BP, Strijkers R, de Vries E, Toemen L, Conchillo JM, Hameeteman W, Dagnelie PC, Koek GH, Bouvy ND |title=Transoral incisionless fundoplication for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in clinical practice |journal=Surg Endosc |volume=26 |issue=11 |pages=3307–15 |year=2012 |pmid=22648098 |pmc=3472060 |doi=10.1007/s00464-012-2324-2 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14759403">{{cite journal |vauthors=Abbas AE, Deschamps C, Cassivi SD, Allen MS, Nichols FC, Miller DL, Pairolero PC |title=Barrett's esophagus: the role of laparoscopic fundoplication |journal=Ann. Thorac. Surg. |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=393–6 |year=2004 |pmid=14759403 |doi=10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01352-3 |url=}}</ref>

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