Diaphragmatic hernia seen as a late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Laparoscopic surgery has emerged as the standard of care for the elective operative management of symptomatic gallbladder disease. The surgical literature is now beginning to accumulate sufficient case numbers that more clearly define the associated morbidity of this type of surgery. This article reports an instance of iatrogenic injury to the right muscular hemidiaphragm and subsequent hernia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Armstrong
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Department of Surgery, Wright State University School of Medicine, Miami Valley Hospital, One Wyoming Street, Suite 7000 CHE, Dayton, OH 45409, USA.
Miller
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Brown
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D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008875:Middle Aged