Highlights
- 1.Diaphragm injury during SG causing diaphragmatic hernia has not been described.
- 2.Thermal injury caused a large left diaphragmatic hernia during SG in this patient.
- 3.Large and small bowel hernia contents were safely laparoscopically reduced.
- 4.Hernia defect was repaired primarily and reinforced with PTFE mesh.
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Publication history
Published online: August 13, 2019
Accepted:
August 3,
2019
Received:
July 16,
2019
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© 2019 American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
