title: Elective laparoscopic repair after colonoscopic decompression for incarcerated morgagni hernia.
abstract: Plain radiographs of an 88-year-old woman who had experienced vomiting and abdominal distention for 3 days revealed a severely obstructed ileus, and abdominopelvic computed tomography revealed an incarcerated Morgagni hernia. The endoscope was passed through the constrictions from the diaphragmatic indentations and a thin catheter was placed for decompression. The obstructive ileus regressed markedly after the procedure; the patient underwent elective laparoscopic repair of the hernia 1 week later. This is believed to be the first case of endoscopic preoperative decompression for an incarcerated Morgagni hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung-Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Ho
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yun-Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin-Jo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bo-In
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Keun-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Se-Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Seung-Man
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-Ha
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim