title: Successful utilization of a video-assisted thoracic approach to repair Morgagni's hernia: report of a case.
abstract: We describe herein the successful utilization of a video-assisted thoracic surgical approach to repair Morgagni's hernia. The patient was a 62-year-old woman in whom a routine chest X-ray had revealed an asymptomatic mass, which was presumed to be a pericardial lipoma or Morgagni's hernia. The video-assisted thoracic surgical approach was combined with a right submammary minithoracotomy to successfully repair the hernia without performing a laparotomy. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged 14 days after surgery. Thus, we believe that video-assisted thoracic surgery may be a useful and effective method for repairing Morgagni's hernia.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akamine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomita
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014741:Video Recording