D. Delcastillo et al., MORGAGNIS-HERNIA RESOLVED BY LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques-Part A, 8(2), 1998, pp. 105-108
Morgagni's hernias represent between 2 and 4% of the whole of nontraum
atic diaphragmatic hernias in the adult, and the treatment (even with
minimal symptoms) is always with surgery. We present the case of a 50-
year-old woman with an oppressive, postprandial discomfort in the righ
t side of her thorax and with increased pain when supine. The x-ray ex
amination indicated a large portion of transverse colon inside the tho
racic cavity, Once the diagnosis of Morgagni's hernia had been obtaine
d, she was scheduled for laparoscopic surgery to reduce the hernia and
to reconstruct the defect of the diaphragm using a polypropylene mesh
.