Laparoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernias can be done in suitable infants and children with good long-term results. The benefits includes lower risk infection, less intra-abdominal adhesions early recovery, while being a «scar-less» procedure. Materials methods. 3 patients included 9-months-old infant late presentation Bochdalek left hernia, 2 Morgagni hernia - 1-year-old 3-year-o...

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...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is ideally suited to diagnosis and treatment of all forms of diaphragmatic defects. Obviously, the laparoscope affords accurate direct imaging of defects that have classically eluded accurate description by radiological techniques, and does so with minimal morbidity. But laparoscopy also allows repair of these defects with increased precision and vastly decrease...

Abstract Introduction Morgagni hernias are an uncommon form of diaphragmatic hernia, it is rare for them to be diagnosed in adulthood and they often asymptomatic this population. Case Report We report a case 26-year-old female who used cocaine on weekly basis presented the emergency department with acutely obstructed right-sided Morgagni’s hernia. She underwent laparotomy which demonstrated tra...

In about 80-85% of CDH the hernia is on the left side, in 10-15% on the right side and in 5% bilaterally (Dott et al., 2003). Most diaphragmatic defects involve the posterior and lateral aspects of the diaphragm, such as the posterolateral or Bochdalek CDH (80-90%), often accompanied by herniation of the stomach, intestines, liver and spleen into the chest (Torfs et al., 1992). In cases of apla...

BACKGROUND Morgagni hernia is a congenital diaphragmatic defect that rarely presents with symptomatic findings in adults. The presence of one diaphragmatic defect may decrease the occurrence of a separate diaphragmatic defect. Appendicitis may be a unique presentation of incarcerated bowel in a Morgagni defect. CASE PRESENTATION Review of recent literature and presentation of a patient with M...

a. Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy b. Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, Florence University, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy c. Section of Geriatric Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Florence University, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy d. Section of Metabol...