Acquired transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia in a patient with recent pneumonia: surgical management with a thoracoabdominal approach

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of General and Emergency Surgery, St. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, University of Bologna Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Bologna, Italy.
• ² Division of General Surgery, Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, MA, USA.
• ³ Division of General Surgery, University of Antioquia School of Medicine, Medellín, Colombia.
• ⁴ Colorectal Surgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁵ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.