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Case Reports
. 2009 Dec;70(12):718-9.
doi: 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.12.45511.

Emergency laparoscopic repair of an obstructed Bochdalek hernia in an adult

Kashif Akhtar  1 , Kamran Qurashi, Arshad Rizvi, Roberto Isla
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Case Reports

Emergency laparoscopic repair of an obstructed Bochdalek hernia in an adult

Kashif Akhtar et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Bochdalek hernia can occur in adults and is a complex diagnostic problem. This article presents the case of a 27-year-old man who successfully underwent emergency laparoscoptic repair of an obstructed Bochdalek hernia with the involvement of a herniated spleen.

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