[Minimally invasive surgery approach for diaphragmatic morgagni hernia in children].
BACKGROUND
Morgagni hernia is the rarest form of diaphragmatic hernia and accounts for less than 6% of all surgically treated congenital diaphragmatic hernias. In recent years, laparoscopic repair is considered to be a suitable and safe procedure for the treatment of Morgagni hernia.


METHODS
During the last 8 years, 7 patients with Morgagni hernia underwent laparoscopic hernia repair. All patients were male and the age range was between 2.5 to 10 years. All patients were asymptomatic and the hernia was incidentally diagnosed on a routine chest X-ray conducted for unrelated cause.


RESULTS
All patients successfully underwent laparoscopic repair of Morgagni hernia. The postoperative course was uneventful in all patients. The children were discharged between 2 to 4 days following surgery. Long term follow-up was uneventful with no recurrency.


CONCLUSIONS
On the basis of our experience as well as others, we consider laparoscopic repair as the procedure of choice for the surgical treatment of Morgagni hernia.
Newman-Heiman
Nitza
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheba Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
Kleiner
Oleg
O
Finaly
Robert
R
Mordechai
Jacob
J
Cohen
Zahavi
Z
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010310:Parovarian Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome