Surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic...

Surgical repair of congenital diaphragmatic eventration in a septugerian lady

Abstract

Congenital diaphragmatic eventration in an elderly is a rare anomaly. We describe a case of congenital diaphragmatic eventration causing respiratory insufficiency in a 72 year lady who underwent successful surgical repair.

Authors

Srikrishna MR; Ravishankar N; Raghavan J; Natarajan MK

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 115–117

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

DOI

10.1590/s0102-76382010000100023

ISSN

0102-7638

Associated Experts

Madhu Natarajan

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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