Diaphragmatic hernia seen as a late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic surgery has emerged as the standard of care for the elective o perative management of symptomatic gallbladder disease. The surgical litera ture is now beginning to accumulate sufficient case numbers that more clear ly define the associated morbidity of this type of surgery. This article re ports an instance of iatrogenic injury to the right muscular hemidiaphragm and subsequent hernia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.