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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Massive symptomatic right-sided Bochdalek hernia in an adult man.

Naman Kohli, Goran Mitreski, Cheng-Hon Yap, Matthew Leong

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Naman KohliDepartment of Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-9213
Goran MitreskiDepartment of Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Cheng-Hon YapDepartment of Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Matthew LeongDepartment of Surgery, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 22-year-old man presented to a rural hospital in Australia with right-sided pleuritic chest pain, right shoulder pain and dyspnoea. The patient had been receiving chronic asthma therapy without improvement. CT of the chest was performed after an abnormal X-ray, incidentally revealing one of the largest documented right-sided diaphragmatic hernias, with left lung compression due to mediastinal shift. The patient was definitively managed with thoracotomy alone. The contents of the hernia sac included colon and multiple loops of small bowel with a 10 cm neck. Definitive treatment was achieved with significant reduction in hernia size and formation of a neo-diaphragm with composite mesh. The postoperative period was complicated only by a wound infection. Two weeks after discharge the patient remained clinically well. Repeat chest X-ray showed no recurrence of the hernia. Congenital diaphragmatic hernias should be considered in patients with ongoing respiratory symptoms. Thoracotomy provides a safe approach.

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AdultChest PainDiaphragmDyspneaHernias, Diaphragmatic, CongenitalHumansMaleShoulder PainThoracotomyTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung Adult

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PMID27852660
PMCPMC5128961

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