THORACOSCOPIC REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
KURATA K KUBOTA K OOSAWA H EDA N ISHIHARA T
Citation
K. Kurata et al., THORACOSCOPIC REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC RUPTURE - A CASE-REPORT, Surgical endoscopy, 10(8), 1996, pp. 850-851
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
09302794
Volume
10
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
850 - 851
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-2794(1996)10:8<850:TROTDR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A 51-year-old man with a traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is presented, Preoperatively, diaphragmatic rupture and herniation of the stomach i nto the left thoracic cavity were suspected, Under thoracoscopic guida nce, the stomach and omentum were repositioned in the abdominal cavity using Babcock forceps, and then the rupture site was closed using an endoscopic hernia stapler. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged from our hospital with no symptoms.