A 74-year-old woman presented with a request for a second antireflux surgery seven years after the primary surgery. Because of the previous surgical intervention, an upper median laparotomy was used. Mesh-reinforced hiatoplasty with anterior fundophrenicopexy was performed as an antireflux procedure. A 6 × 6 cm prolene mesh was applied and fixed to the diaphragm with 10 helical staples. A few hours postoperatively, a decrease in blood pressure occurred and the subsequent computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed suspected cardiac tamponade. An emergency relaparotomy with pericardial fenestration was performed. Venous bleeding from the myocardium of the right ventricle, probably caused by a fundophrenicopexy suture, was stopped by resuturing, the pericardium was left open, and the left hemithorax was drained. The patient could be discharged on postoperative day 24.
A 70-year-old woman presented with a giant hiatal hernia with intrathoracic stomach. The patient underwent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication with hiatal mesh reinforcement using absorbable tacks. On postoperative day 2, the patient developed hypotension, tachycardia, and irregular pulse.\nA CT scan revealed an extrapericardial hematoma in the hernia sac with mild left atrium compromise. Conservative treatment was decided and the patient discharged on postoperative day 15.