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Hernial appearance during exploratory coeliotomy of a 3-year-old neutered female domestic shorthair cat with hyporexia, lethargy and weight loss. (a) Prior to hernia reduction: there is a defect in the central tendon of the diaphragm with reduced liver mass in the abdominal cavity. (b) Following herniorrhaphy: liver lobes have been reduced into the abdominal cavity (asterisks). Simple interrupted sutures appose the edges of the surgically extended hernial ring defect (arrows)
