LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF INCARCERATED POSTTRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA

Authors
UGAZZI M CHIRIBOGA A
Citation
M. Ugazzi et A. Chiriboga, LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF INCARCERATED POSTTRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA, Journal of laparoendoscopic surgery, 6, 1996, pp. 83-88
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal of laparoendoscopic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10523901
Volume
6
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
1
Pages
83 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
1052-3901(1996)6:<83:LTOIPD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
An 8-year-old girl was admitted in acute respiratory distress after a direct blunt trauma to the posterior thorax, X-Rays denoted the stomac h containing air and fluid within the left thoracic cavity, The author s performed laparoscopic reduction of the hernia and sutured the poste rior diaphragmatic rent, The patient's condition improved immediately and she was discharged in very good condition 48 h later, The advantag es of the technique are presented.