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Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia after arterial switch operation
Biswa Ranjan Panda1, Sunil Gopalraj Sumangala, Ashish Katewa
1Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Kochi, Kerala, India. drbiswapanda@gmail.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 26, 2010
Abstract:
Intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia after median sternotomy for cardiothoracic procedures is a rare complication. We describe an interesting case of diaphragmatic hernia in a 6-month-old girl presenting as cardiac tamponade, 4 months after an arterial switch operation. The diaphragmatic defect was iatrogenic and emphasizes the danger of inadvertent diaphragmatic injury during cardiac operations.
