AN UNUSUAL CASE OF LATERAL PULMONARY HERNIA

treme condition of vanishing of the muscular support of the hemidiaphragm forced us to perform an alternative technique with optimal functional results. The aim of this technique was as follows: (1) tailoring a plastic correction with a prosthetic mesh with a greater pressure-proof guarantee compared with that seen in the traditional surgical techniques; (2) creating an area of thickness corresponding to a new durable central tendon able to resist the constant abdominal pressure exerted by the viscera; and (3) avoiding a direct contact between the prosthesis and the lung parenchyma. Optimal functional results and complete anatomic integration led us to believe that this technique could be worthy of consideration in the treatment of major diaphragmatic eventration. References