Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Repair of a Foramen of Bochdalek Hernia

Mark L. Silen, David A. Canvasser, Arlet G. Kurkchubasche, Charles H. Andrus, Keith S. Naunheim

Product Details
Product ID: ACS-1927
Year Produced: 1995
Length: 9 min.


A left congenital diaphragmatic hernia presents in a sixteen year old as recurrent episodes of incarceration of the colon. Repair of the diaphragmatic hernia is accomplished using video-assisted tho-racoscopic surgery (VATS). The salient anatomic features of a Bochdalek hernia are presented on this videotape.