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Achalasia
A disorder that makes it difficult for food and liquid to pass from the esophagus (swallowing tube connecting your mouth and stomach), into your stomach.
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Hiatal Hernia
A hiatal hernia occurs when your upper part of your stomach bulges through the large muscle separating your diaphragm, (abdomen & chest).
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Heart Burn
A burning feeling in the chest usually caused by stomach acid traveling up towards the throat (Acid reflux). If this becomes chronic it is called gastro-esophageal reflux disease.
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Fun fact about Dr. Patching:
Dr. Patching trained under Bernard Dallemagne, first surgeon in the world to perform a laparoscopic fundoplication. Where Dr. Patching did his Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship in 1993