[Para-esophageal omental incarceration--a rare complication of para-esophageal hernia].

Chirurg

Chirurgische Klinik, Medizinischen Fakultät, Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen.

Published: September 1993

Herniation of large omentum is a rare complication of parahiatal hernias. This paper presents by means of a case report clinical symptoms, radiologic procedure and operative management of parahiatal greater omentum incarceration.

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