title: Delayed intrathoracic rupture of herniated Nissen fundoplication: report of two cases.
abstract: We report 2 patients who presented with rupture of a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in the left chest. These were successfully managed by closure of the perforation over a tube drainage that was brought under the diaphragm as a controlled fistula.
authors.affiliation: Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. kamal_mansour@emoryhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Kamal A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: Jyotirmay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018662:Fundoplication; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy