title: Video-assisted thoracic surgical repair of a foramen of Bochdalek hernia.
abstract: A case report of a congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia in an adolescent is presented and a technique for thoracoscopic repair of Bochdalek hernia is described. Postoperative discomfort was minimal and the hospital stay was less than 24 hours. Video-assisted thoracic surgery may be the technique of choice for repair of certain congenital diaphragmatic hernias when identified after infancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Silen
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Canvasser
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kurkchubasche
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Andrus
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naunheim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording