Fundoplication, Anti-reflux surgery

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

• Bleeding
• Infection

Risks specific to this surgery include the following:

• Difficulty burping or vomiting (gas bloat), resulting in a bloated feeling after meals. This occurs in about 40% of cases but gradually improves in most patients. Rarely, the bloating can be long term.
• Discomfort on 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