Urgent surgical repair of symptomatic Bochdalek hernia containing an intrathoracic kidney

Abstract

Bochdalek hernias rarely contain an intrathoracic kidney, and there are few reports of their operative repair. A woman presented with progressive dyspnoea limiting her quality of life. Imaging showed a Bochdalek hernia containing omentum, large bowel and the left kidney. The woman was unexpectedly admitted to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure secondary to gallstone pancreatitis whilst awaiting elective repair of her hernia. Surgical repair of the hernia was performed via laparotomy with cholecystectomy to treat both problems. The woman recovered well and is independently mobile without any exertional dyspnoea.

Laparoscopic repair of massive Bochdalek hernia

“…a mixture of open cases and small cases repaired with laparoscopic surgery. [4][5][6][7] There have also been reports of smaller single or dual-viscera Bochdalek hernias being repaired in the literature. [6][7][8][9] We report the laparoscopic repair of a large Bochdalek hernia containing multiple abdominal viscera that underwent repair via a laparoscopic approach.…”