Congenital hernia

We have read the paper ‘‘The etiology of indirect inguinal hernia in adults: congenital or acquired?’’ by Jiang et al. [1] with… (More)

Adults who have undergone surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia have a prolonged illness. They usually have severe… (More)

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 79-year-old man was admitted with a 3 day history of profuse vomiting. Plain chest x-ray on admission showed… (More)

Several embryopathies involve umbilicus including midgut herniation, omphaloceles, urachal and vascular anomalies. Although… (More)

Morgagni hernia is an uncommon type of congenital hernia that is rarely diagnosed antenatally. Herniation of the liver into the… (More)

Diaphragmatic hernia may be congenital or traumatic in origin. Traumatic hernia may menifest immediately or several months/years… (More)

Background: Delayed presentations of congenital hernia occurring outside of the neonatal period have been reported for all ages… (More)

Bochdalek's hernia is a congenital hernia of the diaphragm, which is manifested in the early years of life. Its diagnosis is… (More)

A case is presented of a patient with a congenital hernia of Morgagni that was diagnosed after a motorcycle accident. These may… (More)

One hundred thirty-four cases of umbilical hernia in adults were analyzed as to etiologic and other significant factors… (More)