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- Title
Emergency Surgery due to Giant Diaphragm Hernia Causing Acute Abdominal and Dyspnea: A Case Report.
- Authors
Gonullu, Mehmet Emin; Ozaydin, Ismet; Demirkaya, Hasan Can; Altinsoy, Nurgül
- Abstract
A 78-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain and respiratory distress. In the Computer Tomography (CT) examination of the patient; It was observed that there was a hernia in the left leaf of the diaphragm and the stomach, spleen and intestines were protruding in the left pleural space up to the left clavicle. In the patient's anamnesis; there was breathing difficulty that has been going on for many years and has increased in recent days and the general condition disorder that has developed recently. A giant left diaphragmatic hernia was observed in our patient, who was urgently scheduled for diagnostic dslaparotomy. The spleen, stomach and intestines in the left pleural cavity were taken into the abdomen and the diaphragm defect was repaired.
- Subjects
HERNIA surgery; SPLEEN radiography; INTESTINAL radiography; STOMACH radiography; HERNIOGRAPHY; CHEST X rays; DYSPNEA; TREATMENT effectiveness; ACUTE abdomen; EMERGENCY medical services; ABDOMINAL surgery; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Konuralp Medical Journal / Konuralp Tip Dergisi, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 1, p158
- ISSN
1309-3878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18521/ktd.1202200