Laparoscopic morgagni hernia repair using single-site umbilical and full-thickness abdominal wall repair : technical report of two cases

摘要

Single incision laparoscopic surgery is used in manycentres for routine cases such as appendisectomy,splenectomy and cholecystectomy. Morgagni herniasare uncommon and account for 1-2% of all congenitaldiaphragmatic hernia. We report our fi rst laparoscopicrepair of two Morgagni hernias, using a single umbilicalincision and full-thickness abdominal wall repair withstandard straight laparoscopic instruments. Operativetime was short and compared favourably with thelaparoscopic repair.