Risks:

Risks specific to this surgery include:

• Gas bloat, which causes difficulty burping or vomiting and results in bloating after meals. This occurs in about 40% of cases but gradually improves in most patients. In rare cases, the bloating is long term.
• Pain with swallowing (dysphagia) occurs in 5 - 40% of patients, but improves over the first 3 months in almost all patients.
• Damage to the stomach or esophagus (rare)
• Recurrence of the hiatal hernia

Risks for any anesthesia include the following:

• Reactions to medications
• Breathing problems, pneumonia
• Heart problems

Risks for any surgery include the following:

• Bleeding
• Infection