Video-assisted thoracoscopic repair of an intercostal pulmonary hernia |
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| Authors: | M. R. P. Van Den Bossche G. Leman K. E. W. Ballaux J. Himpens |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Surgery, Sint-Blasius Hospital, Kroonveldlaan 50, Dendermonde, Belgium, BE |
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| Abstract: | Pulmonary hernias are extremely rare. They are usually treated with open surgical procedures. We describe a case in which a large, spontaneously acquired intercostal pulmonary hernia was successfully repaired by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Received: 12 August 1996/Accepted: 26 November 1996 |
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| Keywords: | : Pulmonary hernia — Lung hernia — VATS — Thoracoscopy |
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