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Laparoscopic dual mesh repair of a diaphragmatic hernia of Bochdalek in a symptomatic elderly patient

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Bochdalek hernia is a congenital posterolateral diaphragmatic defect. It is usually diagnosed in newborns and children; the mortality rate is high due to further congenital anomalies such as pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension. In adulthood, the diagnosis is often incidental, while sometimes it is related to gastrointestinal or respiratory symptoms, or to herniated viscera complications. Thus, surgical treatment is advocated. We herein report a case of an 86-year-old woman with dyspnea and dysphagia. After the diagnosis by barium enema and CT scan of the herniated stomach and the greater omentum through a left side foramen of Bochdalek, she underwent a successful laparoscopic dual mesh repair and was discharged on the 6th postoperative day.

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  1. “Regina Apostolorum” Hospital, Via Roberto Lepetit 221, 00155, Albano, Rome, Italy

    M. Dente

  2. Department of General Surgery, “Regina Apostolorum” Hospital, Via San Francesco D’Assisi 50, 00041, Albano, Rome, Italy

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Dente, M., Bagarani, M. Laparoscopic dual mesh repair of a diaphragmatic hernia of Bochdalek in a symptomatic elderly patient. Updates Surg 62, 125–128 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-010-0022-y

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