Laparoscopic repair of incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia with mesh.
Diaphragmatic hernias are now being approached laparoscopically. Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia poses a special problem due to concerns about contamination. We describe a laparoscopic repair of such a hernia with the use of prosthetic mesh.
Frantzides
Constantine T
CT
Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. cfrantzides@enh.org
Madan
Atul K
AK
Zografakis
John
J
Smith
Claire
C
D000368:Aged; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013526:Surgical Mesh