1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 79-year-old man was admitted with a 3 day history of profuse vomiting. Plain chest x-ray on admission showed an elevated right hemidiaphragm. The abdominal fi lm was within normal limits. A nasogastric tube was inserted and the patient was rehydrated. Subsequent CT of chest and abdomen demonstrated an anterior diaphragmatic hernia with the antrum, body and pylorus of stomac...

Traumatic reticulo-peritonitis and diaphragmatic hernia are the known serious sequelae of digestive disturbance and recurrent tympani in bovines. Further, traumatic pericarditis and lung abscess are results of penetration of pericardium and lung by a sharp penetrating foreign body respectively. In chronic cases, it becomes very difficult to differentiate between these conditions. Hence, on the ...

INTRODUCTION Many different prosthetic materials have been used for repair of large posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic hernias, which cannot be primarily repaired. Almost 50% of patch repaired diaphragmatic hernias will recur. The ideal prosthetic material for congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair has yet to be established. We report on two cases with unusual (calcification) and late comp...

Bochdalek hernias are a rare diaphragmatic hernia, usually diagnosed in childhood. We report case of large hernia containing omentum, stomach, left colon and some small bowel (jejunum) including mesentery, the superior pole kidney, spleen tail pancreas adulthood. Our patient underwent laparoscopic repair this massive with composite mesh an excellent post-operative outcome.

Diaphragmatic injury is often a missed diagnosis in patients with multiple trauma. For this reason, mortality can be high. From 1970 to 1981, 32 patients with diaphragmatic injuries were seen at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. Twenty-four of the patients (22 men and 2 women aged 18 to 79 years) had blunt abdominal or thoracic trauma causing diaphragmatic disruption. Rupture occurred 20 times on ...