• Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech · Sep 2005

    Review Case Reports

    Thoracoscopic repair of a right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

    • Philipp O Szavay, Konrad Drews, and Joerg Fuchs.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. Philipp.Szavay@med.uni-tuebingen.de
    • Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2005 Sep 1; 15 (5): 305-7.

    AbstractThe presentation of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) beyond infancy is rare, as it is a common cause for severe respiratory distress in the newborn. In contrast to the newborn period, delayed diagnosis of right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (RCDH) is known as it causes less severe symptoms than left-sided CDH. A case of an 8-month-old girl is reported. Chest x-ray and ultrasound examination of the diaphragm for symptoms of pneumonia revealed an RCDH. Thoracoscopic repair could be performed. The further course was uneventful. Thoracoscopic repair of a RCDH proved in this case to be feasible and safe beyond the newborn period. It avoided the morbidity of a major thoracotomy or laparotomy and provided an excellent cosmetic result. To our knowledge, this is the first report of thoracoscopic repair of RCDH.

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