title: Surgical embryology and anatomy of the diaphragm with surgical applications.
abstract: This article reviews the development, surgical anatomy, and teratology of the diaphragm, and discusses the diagnostic procedures, surgical therapy, and prognosis of congenital disturbances. Special attention is paid to the traumatic rupture of the diaphragm, concerning incidence, cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and surgical repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Technology at Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schumpelick
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schlüper
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prescher
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy