title: [Repair of diaphragmatic hernia through the thoracoabdominal spiral incision].
abstract: Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia requires urgent surgical treatment. A 51-year-old female was injured in a speeding car. She had dyspnea, and resistance on the abdominal wall on physical examination. Intra-thoracic and abdominal visceral injury was suspected. A chest roentogenogram and CT scan revealed an obvious diaphragmatic herniation on the left which necessitated emergency operation. On the right semi-lateral position, left thoracoabdominal spiral incision was made through the 7th intercostal space. Good exposure of the chest and abdomen was easily obtained. Herniated organs and the abdominal cavity were thoroughly examined with ease. The diaphragm was repaired directly. She had an uneventful postoperative recovery, and was discharged in 17 days. Thoracoabdominal spiral incision offered an excellent operative exposure for the patient with a possible combined thoracic and abdominal visceral injury.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nosaka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods*