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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Laparoscopic repair of a Morgagni hernia with extra-abdominal transfascial sutures.

Carlos Costa Almeida, Teresa Vieira Caroço, Oriana Nogueira, Armando Infuli

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Carlos Costa AlmeidaSurgery C, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-9974
Teresa Vieira CaroçoSurgery C, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Oriana NogueiraSurgery C, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Armando InfuliSurgery C, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morgagni hernia is a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It is rare, usually asymptomatic, and most of the times incidentally discovered during adulthood. A 77-year-old female patient was incidentally diagnosed with Morgagni hernia. Meanwhile, because of abdominal pain she resorted to the emergency department. A CT scan was performed. A laparoscopic repair with extra-abdominal transfascial sutures was conducted. At 3-month follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic. Surgical repair of Morgagni hernia is always indicated because of the risk of strangulation of hernia contents. Minimal invasive surgery is the gold standard, and laparoscopy is the preferred approach. Morgagni hernia does not have an anterior rim, which makes it technically difficult to close the defect. Extra-abdominal transfascial technique was used to repair the defect, eliminating the need for intracorporeal sutures. For small defects, simple repair with non-absorbable sutures using extra-abdominal transfascial technique is easy and efficient.

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SuturesAgedDiaphragmFemaleHernias, Diaphragmatic, CongenitalHumansLaparoscopyTomography, X-Ray ComputedGeneral SurgeryPlastic And Reconstructive Surgery

Identifiers

PMID30700463
PMCPMC6352826

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