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Laparoscopic Repair of Right Sided Bochdalek Hernia – A Case Report

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Right-sided Bochdalek hernia in adults is a very rare clinical entity. A case of a 50-year-old female patient is reported, who presented with long history of intermittent breathlessness and right-sided thoracoabdominal pain. The hernia was managed laparoscopically. Contents were colon, omentum, and right kidney. It was successfully repaired using a polypropylene mesh.

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  1. Department of Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery, ILS Hospital, Kolkata, India

    Nirmal M. Patle, Om Tantia, Parmanand Prasad, Prakhar C. Das & Shashi Khanna

  2. Department of Minimal Access & Bariatric Surgery, ILS Hospital, DD-6, Sector – I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, 700 064, India

    Om Tantia

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Patle, N.M., Tantia, O., Prasad, P. et al. Laparoscopic Repair of Right Sided Bochdalek Hernia – A Case Report. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 303–304 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0698-y

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