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Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report

Diaphragmatic hernia is protrusion of the abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity. It is a congenital defect of the diaphragm. It is most commonly encountered in infancy but rarely in adults. Here, we would like to present a rare case of 75-year-old male with Bochdalek's hernia. The patient...

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Autores principales: Murchite, Sheetal Ashok, Chavannavar, Karthik M., Gaikwad, Vaishali Vinayak, Chougale, Abhay D., Gandhi, Saurabh, Singh, Rajat Kumar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31031318
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_323_18
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author Murchite, Sheetal Ashok
Chavannavar, Karthik M.
Gaikwad, Vaishali Vinayak
Chougale, Abhay D.
Gandhi, Saurabh
Singh, Rajat Kumar
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Chavannavar, Karthik M.
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description Diaphragmatic hernia is protrusion of the abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity. It is a congenital defect of the diaphragm. It is most commonly encountered in infancy but rarely in adults. Here, we would like to present a rare case of 75-year-old male with Bochdalek's hernia. The patient had presented for the first time in his life for his symptoms. This case report emphasises the rare presentation of Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male. The patient was treated using minimal access surgery i.e., laparoscopic approach and hence had a better post-operative outcome.
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spelling pubmed-71760182020-04-30 Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report Murchite, Sheetal Ashok Chavannavar, Karthik M. Gaikwad, Vaishali Vinayak Chougale, Abhay D. Gandhi, Saurabh Singh, Rajat Kumar J Minim Access Surg Unusual Case Diaphragmatic hernia is protrusion of the abdominal contents into the thoracic cavity. It is a congenital defect of the diaphragm. It is most commonly encountered in infancy but rarely in adults. Here, we would like to present a rare case of 75-year-old male with Bochdalek's hernia. The patient had presented for the first time in his life for his symptoms. This case report emphasises the rare presentation of Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male. The patient was treated using minimal access surgery i.e., laparoscopic approach and hence had a better post-operative outcome. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-03-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7176018/ /pubmed/31031318 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_323_18 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Minimal Access Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chougale, Abhay D.
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Singh, Rajat Kumar
Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report
title Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report
title_full Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report
title_fullStr Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report
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title_short Bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – A case report
title_sort bochdalek's hernia in an elderly male – a case report
topic Unusual Case
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31031318
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmas.JMAS_323_18
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