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.

INTRODUCTION Survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia have increased with the introduction of new treatment modalities and have been reported to experience ongoing medical morbidity until adulthood. AIM To describe the long-term functional impact of congenital diaphragmatic repair on the survivors of a single institution cohort of newborns over a 14-year period. METHODS The follow up me...

BACKGROUND Diaphragmatic hernia after blunt trauma is an uncommon and often undiagnosed condition. OBJECTIVES We aimed to review patients who presented with delayed blunt traumatic hernia of diaphragm. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, the medical records of six patients treated for blunt diaphragmatic hernias who were admitted to Kashan Shahid Beheshti hospital between June...

The most common cause of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is blunt or penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma. The proper diagnosis can be difficult to make due to the non-specific clinical picture. The surgical approach in managing diaphragmatic rupture includes laparotomy, thoracotomy, or both. This article presents a case of a 60year-old woman with post-traumatic peritoneopericardial diaphragmat...

Anesthesie et Reanimation pour Hemie diaphragmatique du Nouveau -ne. Le diagnostic de la hernie diaphragrnatique du nouveau -ne se fait tres tot et souvent dans lasallle d'accouchement. La compression et le deplacemen t des or­gan es thoraciques ainsi que les gros vais­seaux du rnediastin provoquent rapidernent une insuffisance cardio respiratoire aigue. La chirurgie est indiquee desque le diag...

congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) is a rare anomaly with a reported incidence of 1 in 16,000 populations. it may be associated with herniation of stomach, intestinal loops, spleen, and kidney through a chest wall defect. we report a case of a 1 year old male child who presented with recurrent fever, occasional chills and rigor of 4 months duration. left kidney was non visualised on ultrasou...

Laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni hernia is a well-described technique in children or adults who present well beyond the neonatal period. However, it is still most often being repaired by an open approach. This repair can be more challenging when a concomitant infectious process is present, which in this case was a perforated appendicitis. A 22-year-old man presented with typical appendicitis b...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernias constitute an infrequent but potentially serious presentation of bowel obstruction in the adult patient. Herein, we present a rare case of an adult patient with strangulation of colon within a Morgagni's hernia where timely recognition and intervention were life-saving. An 18-year-old female presented with an acute abdomen, respiratory failure, and shock seconda...

Three cats were examined because of acute dyspnoea and sudden abdominal enlargement. In all cats, radiographs revealed gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) and diaphragmatic hernia. Cardiovascular shock and dyspnoea were treated by intravenous fluid-therapy, oxygen administration and relief of diaphragmatic pressure by means of stomach decompression and in one case placing the patient in an inclin...