@karenjh

You will find much discussion in the Digestive Health Group on this topic.

To find the discussions type: Nissen reversal .. in the search box at the top of this page or any other page on Connect. Here is the link to the Digestive Health Group: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/digestive-gastrointestinal-problems/?utm_source=connect.mayoclinic.org&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest&utm_content=summary_interest . Or you can click Groups at top of this page to find the group. You will see many titles to topics on that page and may want to browse through them .. but more likely to find something by using the search box.

I have had surgery at the Mayo Clinic to “take down” a Nissen fundoplication. .. it was not called a reversal. It was done because the previous repair I had was done incorrectly. Originally the take down surgery was to repair the Nissen wrap but the surgeon found such a mess he had to take it down and remove a bit of the upper portion of my stomach .. which left nothing for the wrap.

I had a giant hiatal hernia that kept pulling my stomach and part of intestines into my chest (my reason for the Nissen in first place) and he did a repair of this during the surgery too. After this take down and repair of the hernia the hernia pulled my stomach into my chest again. I had another surgery at Mayo Clinic by a different surgeon. He did a gastric bypass to repair. … I had complications and had another surgery a few months later.

More to my story, but it is enough for here.

ZeeGee