title: [Laparoscopic colon reposition and closure of the diaphragm in secondary incarcerated pre-existent diaphragmatic hernia].
abstract: We report on a 28-year-old patient, who acquired a left diaphragmatic hernia after suffering a motorcycle accident seven years ago. The diaphragmatic hernia was not diagnosed at that time. After a laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed for acute cholcystitis, there was herniation and secondary incarceration of a bowel segment into the preexistent diaphragmatic hernia. We describe laparoscopic surgical repositioning of the bowel segment and closure of the diaphragmatic defect.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Minimal Invasive Chirurgie, Hombrechtikon/Zürich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thalmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feigel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation