Surgical embryology and anatomy of the diaphragm with surgical applications

V Schumpelick; G Steinau; I Schlüper; A Prescher

doi:10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70403-5

Surgical embryology and anatomy of the diaphragm with surgical applications

Surg Clin North Am. 2000 Feb;80(1):213-39, xi. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70403-5.

Authors

V Schumpelick¹, G Steinau, I Schlüper, A Prescher

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University Hospital, University of Technology at Aachen, Germany.

PMID: 10685150
DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70403-5

Abstract

This article reviews the development, surgical anatomy, and teratology of the diaphragm, and discusses the diagnostic procedures, surgical therapy, and prognosis of congenital disturbances. Special attention is paid to the traumatic rupture of the diaphragm, concerning incidence, cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and surgical repair.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging
Diaphragm / abnormalities
Diaphragm / embryology
Diaphragm / pathology
Diaphragm / surgery*
Diaphragmatic Eventration / embryology
Diaphragmatic Eventration / pathology
Diaphragmatic Eventration / surgery*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / embryology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / pathology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / surgery*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / embryology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / pathology
Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / surgery*
Humans
Laparoscopy