Video-assisted thoracic surgical repair of a foramen of Bochdalek hernia.
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.
Silen
M L
ML
Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, MO 63104, USA.
Canvasser
D A
DA
Kurkchubasche
A G
AG
Andrus
C H
CH
Naunheim
K S
KS
D000293:Adolescent; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014741:Video Recording