Successful utilization of a video-assisted thoracic approach to repair Morgagni's hernia: report of a case.
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.
Akamine
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First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kawahara
K
K
Nakamura
A
A
Takahashi
T
T
Yamamoto
S
S
Ayabe
H
H
Tomita
M
M
D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014741:Video Recording