Reversal of Nissen Fundoplication

I want to thank everyone for sharing their stories about that surgery. A friend of mine had it years ago and she’s OK, thank goodness. I’m having some symptoms that I think might be a hiatal hernia, and I was wondering if that would be a solution, but after reading everyone’s experiences, I’m not going to have that! It’s terrible to say that I don’t trust doctors anymore, but I don’t. You just never know what you’re going to get. I’m sorry for everyone who is experiencing problems. That sounds awful. Thank you again.

My hernia part of the surgery worked and I would definitely do it again.

Why your suggesting that?

I had Nissen fundiplication do to a hiatal hernia 3 years ago. I wish I had never had it done. I started having trouble within 5 days of having the procedure

I’ve been miserable ever since. I’ve got constant bloating, excessive gas, unable to burp. Eating smaller meals doesn’t do anything. You name it. Had dilation. No relief. Different medications. No relief. I felt better before the surgery by a long shot.

I’ll be discussing with my gastroenterologist about having the procedure reversed or some form of revision done.

I’ve been meaning to post this it but I’ve had bit of a full plate lately…After I had my revision from 360 to a 270 at Johns Hopkins I still had MANY NEW (new as in the original survey) GI symptoms. Horrible constipation, bloating, abdominal pain, etc. It got to the point where my stomach was distended and continued to distend at the rate as in a pregnancy. There were several times where I was taken to the ER by my parents to have me assessed bc I was I so much pain and the doctors kept giving me pregnancy tests bc of my distended and hard stomach. I was not pregnant & the doctors at JHU didn’t have any answered. The head of GI at the time told me to “do abdominal exercises” which was to be frank hard to hear since I was constantly in pain,

I finally made an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in MN and it was long haul (both in the sense of the time I spent there and going back and forth to DC ) but u wish I had done it sooner. The surgeon who did my Nissen damaged my vagus nerve along the things (and organs) and I needed a total colectomy (with an ielostomy bit that was later reversed)s, if any of you are wondering if you should make an appt at any of the clinics I HIGHLY recommend you doA they saved my physical body and my sanity bc I knew that I wasn’t imaging the symptoms I had when JHU couldn’t figure out what was wrong