Complicated Congenital Diaphragmatic Bochdalek Hernia in Adult-Crimson Publishers
Complicated Congenital Diaphragmatic Bochdalek Hernia in Adult by Allan Fernando DM in Surgical Medicine Open Access Journal-Crimson Publishers : Crimson Publishers- Journal of Surgical Medicine Abstract Go to Diaphragmatic hernia is an extremely rare entity in adults, it is defined as the transposition of abdominal organs to the thoracic cage, through defects of the phrenic muscle. They can be classified as congenital or acquired. The incidence is reported to be 0.17%, with most hernias occurring on the left side. In Honduras there are few cases reported in pediatrics and one case reported in adults. 53-year-old male patient, farmer, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Who attended the Surgery Emergency at the Hospital Escuela Universitario? With a single history of chronic alcoholism, she presented stopping of evacuation of 10 days of evolution which channeled gases, accompanied by abdominal distention in turn, abdominal pain of 1 week of colic-like evolution, in the left iliac ...