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Esophagectomy survivor with stomach size increase

Posted by cmmacy1949 @cmmacy1949, Feb 12 11:00pm

12 years since my husbands esophagectomy & with his recent hernia surgery to remove colon from his chest cavity, Dr was concerned that his esophagus (now his old stomach) seems to be a little large? Should we be concerned?

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mrgvw | @mrgvw | Feb 13 7:23am

How did his colon find its way into the chest cavity before the many miles of small intestines that preceed it... as they are first in line below the pylorus? (I'm obviously not a doctor).

Is the larger stomach finding at all related to the hernia... or was just discovered while in for the hernia repair? How much has his food consumption increased thru the years? Was this surgeon used to seeing esophagectomy patients? Was the hernia repair successful... and has his digestion and pooping returned to normal? How old is he now?

Gary

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ssimpson111 | @ssimpson111 | Feb 18 3:31pm
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@mrgvw

How did his colon find its way into the chest cavity before the many miles of small intestines that preceed it... as they are first in line below the pylorus? (I'm obviously not a doctor).

Is the larger stomach finding at all related to the hernia... or was just discovered while in for the hernia repair? How much has his food consumption increased thru the years? Was this surgeon used to seeing esophagectomy patients? Was the hernia repair successful... and has his digestion and pooping returned to normal? How old is he now?

Gary

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If it is a diaphragmatic hernia, the transverse colon can get caught up in that.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | 2 days ago

@cmmacy1949, was this your husband’s local team that was concerned about the stomach size? Did you consult with your team back at Mayo Clinic? Any update?

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