ABSTRACT
With its clearly defined advantages over traditional open surgery, laparoscopy has gained global popularity and widespread use in the treatment of surgical pathological conditions in a wide variety of specialties. Surveys of complications from laparoscopy have been reported for abdominal and pelvic procedures (1). Injury to the diaphragm is an uncommon yet acknowledged complication of laparoscopic surgery, and one with potentially disastrous sequelae, especially if not recognized intraoperatively.
