Delayed right-sided diaphragmatic rupture and laparoscopic repair with mesh fixation

Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian; Renato Costi; Claude Smadja

doi:10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02065

Delayed right-sided diaphragmatic rupture and laparoscopic repair with mesh fixation

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014:20 Suppl:550-3. doi: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02065. Epub 2013 Feb 15.

Authors

Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian¹, Renato Costi, Claude Smadja

Affiliation

¹ Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris XI, Paris France; HPB Surgery Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, NHS/Imperial College, London, UK.

PMID: 23411838
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.12.02065

Abstract

Diaphragmatic rupture is usually an immediate, left-sided complication of high-velocity thoraco-abdominal trauma. Here we present a rare case of delayed, right-sided diaphragmatic rupture and its laparoscopic mesh repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diaphragm / diagnostic imaging
Diaphragm / injuries
Diaphragm / surgery*
Female
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / diagnosis
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / etiology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / surgery*
Humans
Laparoscopy / instrumentation*
Middle Aged
Plastic Surgery Procedures / instrumentation*
Rupture
Surgical Mesh*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / etiology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery*