title: Laparoscopic repair of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia in an adult.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA. cfrantzi@mcis.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Frantzides
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gatsoulis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male