[Laparoscopic repair of chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: case report and review of the literature].
The management of diaphragmatic injury would appear to be a simple matter of suturing the defect. However, preoperative diagnosis can be difficult and even at the time of surgery some diaphragmatic injuries can be overlooked if careful exploration in not done. Associated injuries tend to divert attention from the diaphragmatic injury. Laparoscopic diagnosis and repair have been described with successful.
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Disciplina e Cirurgia do Aparelho, Digestivo do Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
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Szachnowicz
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D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
Correção laparoscópica de hérnia difragmática traumática crônica: relato de caso revisão da literatura.