Firstly safety to treatment of morgagni hernia: Transthoracic apporach

Hernia of Morgagni.

Hernia of Morgagni--case report.

Morgagni's hernia is result of penetration of the abdominal contents into the chest through an anterior retrocostoxiphoid defect in the anterior midline of the diaphragm. It can be manifested with symptoms since birth as a bloated feeling, nausea and belching after meals. We present a patient with symptomatic herniation of the torqued antral part of stomach and loops of the transverse colon. In...

Laparoscopic Treatment of Morgagni Hernia: Report of Three Cases.

We report on three cases of diaphragmatic (Morgagni) hernia with different clinical presentation. It is important to consider the possibility of this rare but potentially very dangerous condition in patients with respiratory problems and pain in the upper abdomen. Before laparoscopy, two different approaches were used in diaphragmatic hernia operations (abdominal and thoracic approach). Laparos...

Morgagni hernia: technical variation in the laparoscopic treatment.

INTRODUCTION Morgagni hernia is a rare entity that accounts for 3-5% of diaphragmatic hernias. They are mostly asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Surgical treatment is indicated once diagnosis is made. Abdominal or thoracic accesses are possible using open or minimally invasive technique. METHODS We report two cases of laparoscopic assisted repair of Morgagni hernia conducted by primar...

Morgagni hernia: Ten years of idiopathic vomiting

INTRODUCTION Morgagni hernia was first described in 1769 by the Italian anatomist Morgagni (1). This hernia is a rare congenital diaphragmatic hernia comprising 2-3% of all diaphragmatic hernias (1, 2). The bowel, stomach, omentum or even the liver can herniate into the chest through a congenital retrosternal defect where the diaphragm joins the costal arch, as first described by Larrey, Napole...