Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver. Issue 1 (January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Counts, Sarah J.; Saffarzadeh, Areo G.; Blasberg, Justin D.; Kim, Anthony W.
• Is Part Of: Innovations. Volume 13:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 54
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2018-01
• Subjects: Trauma -- Diaphragm rupture -- Diaphragm hernia repair -- Diaphragm plication -- Robotic surgery; Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Thoracic Surgical Procedures -- methods -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- methods -- Periodicals; Thorax -- Chirurgie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Méthodologie -- Périodiques; Blood-vessels -- Surgery; Chest -- Surgery; Periodicals; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/155698451801300110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-9845

Abstract

This case involves a 70-year-old woman who presented after a low-speed motor vehicle collision with a traumatic right hemidiaphragm rupture and herniation of the liver into the right chest. She was brought to the operating room for a robotic-assisted minimally invasive transthoracic repair of this hernia with diaphragm plication. The case and video described in this report highlight the utility of the robotic platform in performing a transthoracic diaphragm repair and plication after a right-sided traumatic diaphragm rupture in a patient without concomitant abdominal injuries.