THE literature is replete with excellent accounts of the clinical aspects and the surgical management of all of the classic types of diaphragmatic hernia. With the excellent contributions of ...

So, there is a hole in the diaphragm called the hiatus. A hiatal hernia is a weakness in the hiatus where the esophagus passes through, allowing the stomach (and sometimes other contents of the ...

In this type of hernia, a part of the stomach or other organs moves into the chest cavity through an opening in the diaphragm ...

Bochdalek hernia (BH) is a type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia that occurs when abdominal organs protrude into the thoracic cavity through a defect in the diaphragm. While this condition is ...

Diaphragmatic hernia: A condition where abdominal organs move into the chest cavity through a defect in the diaphragm, often due to trauma or congenital issues. Traumatic diaphragmatic injury (TDI ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. This muscle, also called the thoracic diaphragm, is the main muscle used ...

A hiatal hernia occurs when a small portion of the stomach pushes upward through the diaphragm, a sheetlike muscle that separates the lungs from the abdomen. Usually this doesn't cause any symptoms, ...

So, there is a hole in the diaphragm called the hiatus. A hiatal hernia is a weakness in the hiatus where the esophagus passes through, allowing the stomach (and sometimes other contents of the ...