ArticleAnnals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2017
Diaphragmatic hernia following liver resection: case series and review of the literature.
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- Strangulated necrotic gastric fundus due to diaphragmatic hernia presenting with hydropneumothorax 5 years after left hepatic lobectomy: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Delayed Strangulated Right Diaphragmatic Hernia after Retroperitoneal Tumor Resection with Hepatectomy: A Case Report.Surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Chronic Post-Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernias: Diagnostic Pitfalls, Surgical Strategies, and Long-Term Outcomes.Cureus · 2025Review
- Intra-thoracic Symptomatic Gallstones in a Right-Sided Post-traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia with fecopneumothorax following minimally invasive esophagectomy and liver resection.JTCVS techniques · 2022Article
- Acquired diaphragmatic hernia after hepatectomy and liver transplantation in adults and children: A case series and literature review.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2021Article
- Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia after right hepatectomy: an autopsy case with a review of 45 previous cases.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Review
- Incidental Finding of Right-Sided Idiopathic Spontaneous Acquired Diaphragmatic Hernia.Cureus · 2021Article
- Incidence, Diagnosis and Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia Following Hepatic Surgery: A Single Center Analysis of 3107 Consecutive Liver Resections.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic repair of an incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia after right hepatectomy for hepatic injury: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
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aimsPostoperative diaphragmatic hernia, following liver resection, is a rare complication.
methodsData of patients who underwent major hepatectomy for liver tumors, between 2011 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. The literature was searched for studies reporting the occurrence of diaphragmatic hernia following liver resection.
resultsDiaphragmatic hernia developed in 2.3% of patients (3/131) with a median delay of 14 months (4-31 months). One patient underwent emergency laparotomy for bowel obstruction and two patients underwent elective diaphragmatic hernia repair. At last follow-up, no recurrences were observed. Fourteen studies including 28 patients were identified in the literature search (donor hepatectomy, n=11: hepatectomy for liver tumors, n=17). Diaphragmatic hernia was repaired emergently in 42.9% of cases and digestive resection was necessary in 28.5% of the cases. One patient died 3 months after hepatectomy, secondary to sepsis, from a segment of small bowel that perforated into the diaphragmatic hernia.
conclusionsAlthough rare, diaphragmatic hernia should be considered as an important complication, especially in living donor liver transplant patients. Diaphragmatic hernia should be repaired surgically, even for asymptomatic patients.
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