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Quick Answer. Hiccups resulting from surgery may be caused by a reaction to anesthesia or happen as a result of abdominal surgery or medical procedures such as a tracheotomy, states Healthline. Using a catheter to access the heart, bronchoscopy or using a stent in the esophagus can also result in long-term hiccups.
Hiccups may cause patients considerable discomfort, as in this patient. Hiccups may be responsible for aspiration pneumonia, depression, esophagitis, respiratory depression, sleep deprivation, and weight loss. Hiccups occur in 14%-26% of patients with lateral medullary syndrome. The exact anatomic lesion responsible for the hiccups is unknown but appears to be in the medulla.