<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalles, Vasileios</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dasiou, Maria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Doga, Georgia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papapanagiotou, Ioannis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Konstantinou, Evangelos A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mekras, Alexandros</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mariolis-Sapsakos, Theodoros</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anastasiou, Nikolaos</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Posttraumatic transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia: report of a case and review of the literature.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int Surg</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int Surg</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herniorrhaphy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surgical Mesh</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thoracic Injuries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thoracic Wall</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015 Mar</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">100</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">444-9</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Intercostal hernias are rare, and usually occur following injuries of the thoracic wall. The scope of this report is to present a case of a 53-year-old obese patient that developed a transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia. The patient presented with a palpable, sizeable, reducible mass in the right lateral thoracic wall, with evident bowel sounds in the area, 6 months after a motor-vehicle accident. On computed tomography (CT), the hernia sac contained part of the liver and part of the ascending colon. A surgical repair of the defect was performed, using a prosthetic patch. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful and she remains recurrence free at 12 months after surgery. Intercostal hernias should be suspected following high-impact injuries of the thoracic wall, and CT scans will facilitate the diagnosis of intercostal hernia. We consider the surgical repair of the defect, with placement of a prosthetic mesh, as the treatment of choice to ensure a favorable outcome. </style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785325?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>