STRANGULATED PARAHIATAL HERNIA - NOT JUST ANOTHER PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA

Authors
DEMMY TL BOLEY TM CURTIS JJ
Citation
Tl. Demmy et al., STRANGULATED PARAHIATAL HERNIA - NOT JUST ANOTHER PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 58(1), 1994, pp. 226-227
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
226 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)58:1<226:SPH-NJ>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Exploratory thoracotomy was necessary to establish the diagnosis of a rare incarcerated parahiatal hernia. Symptomatology, signs, and radiog raphic findings are compared with those of paraesophageal hernias.