Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver

This case involves a 70-year-old woman who presented after a low-speed motor vehicle collision with a traumatic right hemidiaphragm rupture and herniation of the liver into the right chest. She was brought to the operating room for a robotic-assisted minimally invasive transthoracic repair of this h...

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Published in:Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2018-01, Vol.13 (1), p.54-55
Main Authors: Counts, Sarah J., Saffarzadeh, Areo G., Blasberg, Justin D., Kim, Anthony W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This case involves a 70-year-old woman who presented after a low-speed motor vehicle collision with a traumatic right hemidiaphragm rupture and herniation of the liver into the right chest. She was brought to the operating room for a robotic-assisted minimally invasive transthoracic repair of this hernia with diaphragm plication. The case and video described in this report highlight the utility of the robotic platform in performing a transthoracic diaphragm repair and plication after a right-sided traumatic diaphragm rupture in a patient without concomitant abdominal injuries.
ISSN:1556-9845
1559-0879
DOI:10.1177/155698451801300110