Fifty-seven Cases of Diaphragmatic Hernia and Eventration

During the last 20 years great advances have been made in the recognition of diaphragmatic hernia, and many series of cases reported by numerous authors have helped to place the diagnosis and treatment on a sound surgical basis (Dunhill, 1935; Barrett and Wheaton, 1934; Donovan. 1945 ; Morton, 1939; Harrington, 1940; Gross, 1946). More recently progress in thoracic surgery and anaesthesia has given a more direct approach to the lesion itself and has placed the treatment of diaphragmatic hernia on a basis comparable with the treatment of other types of herniation of the abdominal organs