Video-assisted thoracoscopic repair of an intercostal pulmonary hernia.

Surg Endosc

Department of Surgery, Sint-Blasius Hospital, Kroonveldlaan 50, Dendermonde, Belgium.

Published: February 1999

Pulmonary hernias are extremely rare. They are usually treated with open surgical procedures. We describe a case in which a large, spontaneously acquired intercostal pulmonary hernia was successfully repaired by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).

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