title: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Nontraumatic Left Lateral Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair.
abstract: Diaphragmatic hernia is a quite uncommon disease, being congenital or posttraumatic. Its diagnosis is frequently accidental. Surgical treatment can be performed through the abdomen as well as through the chest. Laparoscopy and thoracoscopy offer a surgical benefit because of reduced wall trauma and added advantages of minimally invasive surgery. Besides the improved cosmetic result, transumbilical single-incision laparoscopy can add other advantages to minimally invasive surgery like reduced postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, and improved patient's comfort. The authors describe the technique of transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic suture and mesh reinforcement for a nontraumatic left lateral diaphragmatic hernia, discovered accidentally in a 45-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dapri
authors.forename: Katleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jottard
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grozdev
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guta
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nebbot
authors.forename: Guy-Bernard
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Cadière
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed