[Videolaparoscopic treatment of hepatic single cysts]. / Tratamento videolaparoscópico dos cistos simples de fígado.

We report a study of 6 patients with simple hepatic cyst. All were underwent laparoscopic surgical treatment. The median age of patients was 66 years, 5 women and 1 man were in the series. Cyst diameters varied from 3 to 15 cm. The treatment of choice is laparoscopic fenestration and resection of external part. There were no complications in postoperative period and the follow-up results are encouraging.

[Laparoscopic repair of chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: case report and review of the literature]. / Correção laparoscópica de hérnia difragmática traumática crônica: relato de caso revisão da literatura.

The management of diaphragmatic injury would appear to be a simple matter of suturing the defect. However, preoperative diagnosis can be difficult and even at the time of surgery some diaphragmatic injuries can be overlooked if careful exploration in not done. Associated injuries tend to divert attention from the diaphragmatic injury. Laparoscopic diagnosis and repair have been described with successful.