Morgagni-Larrey hernia correction by laparoscopic surgery.

A new method of closure of Morgagni-Larrey hernia by video-assisted surgery is described in a child. Laparoscopy could in our opinion be an advantageous method for treatment of diaphragmatic defects.

[Pulmonary decortication through thoracoscopy in pediatric age].

The authors present the case of a 14 year old child who was successfully treated by pulmonary decortication with video-assisted thoracoscopy. Thoracoscopy caused less postoperative pain then open thoracoscopy, although it allows visualization of the entire pleural cavity. In our opinion an early use is indicated.

[Gastric volvulus in childhood].

Gastric volvulus in children might be observed both as an acute form, characterized by gastric necrosis with sudden perforation and patient's death and as an idiopathic or chronic form with a less severe insurgence that causes epigastric pain, vomit and gastric distension. The latter could resolve spontaneously but recurs frequently. The acute form rises in newborns and toddlers and is often associated with a diaphragmatic defect; the idiopathic forms are correlated on the opposite to a fixation deficit of the stomach which is held in place by the gastro-colic, gastro-hepatic, gastro phrenic and gastro-splenic ligaments.