Table 1.

The characteristics of the reported cases of iatrogenic diaphragmatic hernia

Case	Age	Gender	Time to diagnosis	Initial surgical procedure	Localisation of defect	Surgical procedure	Year
1[6]	53	Women	6 weeks	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	Right	Thoracotomy	1999
2[7]	31	Women	9 months	Laparoscopic hepatectomy	Left	Thoracotomy	2003
3[8]	35	Women	24 months	Laparoscopic gastric banding	Left	Laparotomy approach	2008
4[9]	60	Man	6 weeks	Splenectomy for Hydatid cyst	Left	Thoracotomy	2010
5 [10]	51	Man	4 years	Splenopancreatectomy	Left	Thoracotomy	2006
6[11]	81	Women	8 months	Laparoscopy assisted total Gastrectomy total	Left	Laparoscopy	2012
7[12]	44	Man	28 months	Living donor liver transplant	Right	Laparotomy approach	2010
8[13]	54	Man	3 years	Right donor and Hepatectomy	Right	Thoracotomy	2006
9[14]	50	Man	6 months	Nephrectomy	Left	Thoracotomy	1995
10[15]	74	Man	5 years	Nephrectomy	Right	Thoracotomy	1996
11[16]	69	Man	3 years	Nissens procedure	Left	Thoracotomy	1996
11[18]	39	Women	35 years	Transthoracic oesophagogastrectomy	Left	Laparotomy	1988
12[19]	47	Women	1 day	Nephrectomy	Left	Thoracotomy	2008
13[24]	60	Man	4 months p	Lung resection	Left	Thoracotomy	2010
14[25]	19	Women	2 years	Lower lobectomy	Left	Laparoscopy	2000
Current study	61	Women	1 year	Laparoscopic fenestration right liver benign cyst	Right	Laparotomy	2012