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Endoscopic repair of an abdominal intercostal hernia
Antonio Bobbio1, Luca Ampollini, Gabriele Prinzi
1Department of Surgical Science, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy. antonboa@hotmail.com
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
|October 22, 2008
Abstract:
Abdominal viscera herniation through the chest wall is a rare condition. A case is presented of an abdominal intercostal hernia of the seventh right intercostal space; its pathogenesis and clinical features are described, and also the combined endoscopic and percutaneous surgical approach employed for its repair.

