title: Thoracoscopic assisted paraoesophageal hernia repair.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording