%0 Journal Article
%T Laparoscopic surgery for a Bochdalek hernia triggered by pregnancy in an adult woman: A case report.
%A Matsudera S
%A Nakajima M
%A Takahashi M
%A Muroi H
%A Kikuchi M
%A Shida Y
%A Ihara K
%A Yamaguchi S
%A Sasaki K
%A Tsuchioka T
%A Kato H
%J Int J Surg Case Rep
%V 48
%N 0
%D 2018
%M 29763850
暂无%R 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.028
%X BACKGROUND: A Bochdalek hernia (BH) is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. We herein describe an adult woman with a BH triggered by pregnancy and treated by laparoscopic surgery.
METHODS: A 26-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal pain and dyspnea resulting from a left diaphragmatic hernia. She was diagnosed with a BH and underwent laparoscopic surgery. Her postoperative progress was satisfactory, and no recurrence was found at follow-up approximately 1 year later.
CONCLUSIONS: A recently published study reviewing detailed cases of laparoscopic and/or thoracoscopic repair of adult BH from 1999 to 2016 identified 30 cases. A laparoscopic approach for treatment of BH has recently attracted increasing interest.
CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic surgery can be safely performed on adults with BH without complications.