Laparoscopic repair of an incarcerated Bochdalek hernia in an elderly man.

Autor: Fama’, Fausto, Galati, Marica, Buccheri, Giancarlo, Palella, Jessica, Mento, Francesco, Gioffre'‐Florio, Maria
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Zdroj: ANZ Journal of Surgery; Dec2017, Vol. 87 Issue 12, p1053-1054, 2p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Black and White Photographs
Abstrakt: The article presents a case study of an 81-year-old man was admitted to the emergency for abdominal pain presented 24 h before with associated vomiting, chest tightness, dyspnoea and heart palpitations without fever. It reports that later he found suffering with the Bochdalek hernia (BH) which is a posterior congenital closing defect of the diaphragm, usually seen in infants.
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