Laparoscopic repair of a peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia after a convergent procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia was first described in the literature by French surgeons in 1903 (1). Since then, over 80 cases have been reported in the English literature. Diaphragmatic hernia has two primary etiologies: congenital and traumatic (2). The minority of cases are due to congenital etiology (3,4)