Laparoscopic repair of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia in an adult.
A patient undergoing laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication had an intraoperative finding of a left Bochdalek hernia, which was repaired with an onlay of fenestrated PTFE. This appears to be the first report of such a case.
Frantzides
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Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA. cfrantzi@mcis.bsd.uchicago.edu
Carlson
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Pappas
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Gatsoulis
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D000328:Adult; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male