Thoracoscopic assisted paraoesophageal hernia repair.
A video assisted thoracic surgical repair of a paraoesophageal hernia is described. The advantage of the procedure was the combination of the diagnostic and therapeutic facility characteristic of a transthoracic approach without exposing the patient to the morbidity of formal thoracotomy.
Hurley
J P
JP
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
McCarthy
J F
JF
Wood
A E
AE
D000368:Aged; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording