Table 1: Available literature of right-sided Bochdalek hernias in adults with acute symptoms.
|
First author (Reference) |
Gender |
Age (years) |
Symptoms |
Diagnostic imaging |
Herniated organ |
Operative approach |
Length of hospitalization (days) |
Follow-up (months) |
Test at follow-up |
Condition at follow-up |
|
Costa Almeida [15] |
Female |
49 |
Cough, sputum and worsening dyspnea |
Chest X-ray CT scan
|
Cecum, ileo-cecal appendix, right colon and transverse colon |
Laparotomy |
13 |
24 |
Unknown
|
Asymptomatic, no recurrence
|
|
Deb [8] |
Male1 |
54 |
Nausea, epigastric pain |
CT scan
|
Stomach, liver, bowel, omentum |
Laparotomy |
Unknown
|
12
|
Chest X-ray |
Asymptomatic, no recurrence |
|
Frisoni [18] |
Female |
39 |
Dyspnea, abdominal and right shoulder pain |
CT scan MRI |
Right colon |
Thoracoscopy |
Unknown
|
1 and 6 months
|
CT at 1 month
|
Asymptomatic, no recurrence |
|
Granier [16] |
Female |
54 |
Acute dyspnea |
Chest X-ray CT scan
|
Terminal ileum, up to the middle part of the right colon |
Explorative laparotomy
|
Died during admission |
- |
- |
- |
|
Ohtsuka [11] |
Female |
89 |
Dyspnea, abdominal pain and vomiting |
Chest X-ray CT scan
|
Terminal ileum to transverse colon
|
Laparotomy
|
78 |
24
|
Unknown |
Asymptomatic, no recurrence
|
|
Salustio [17] |
Female |
50 |
Generalized abdominal pain, distension, vomiting and constipation |
Chest X-ray CT scan |
Ileum
|
Explorative laparotomy
|
21 |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
No complications were identified during follow-up
|
|
Shenoy [19] |
Male |
60 |
Dyspnea, periumbilical abdominal pain, vomiting |
Chest X-ray US-abdomen CT scan
|
Small bowel
|
Laparotomy
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
|
Wenzel-Smith [20] |
Female |
40 |
Severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, dyspnea |
Chest X-ray
|
Small bowel
|
Laparotomy
|
12
|
1
|
Unknown
|
Superficial wound sepsis, no hernia recurrence
|
|
Debergh [13] |
Female |
38 |
Severe abdominal pain for hours, nausea and vomiting |
US-abdomen (due to pregnancy)
|
Small bowel
|
Explorative laparoscopy
|
8
|
12
|
Unknown
|
Free from recurrence
|
|
Pindoria [14] |
Female2 |
21 |
Intermittent sharp right upper quadrant pain and increasing dyspnea |
Chest X-ray MRI (due to pregnancy) |
Small bowel, liver, right kidney, renal ureter and vessels
|
Laparoscopic
|
7
|
Unknown
|
CT scan |
Unknown
|
|
Kanazawa [21] |
Female |
63 |
Dyspnea and abdominal pain |
Chest X-ray CT scan |
Ascending and transverse colon and right kidney |
Laparotomy and right thoracotomy |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
1 Positive history of Bochdalek hernia.
2 Patient had undergone a right-sided hernia repair at 12 days after birth.