[Transthoracic cholecystectomy and choledochus revision in chronic rupture of the right diaphragm].

Case report on a transthoracic cholecystectomy and choledochotomy in a patient with a 17 years old rupture of the right diaphragm with liver prolapse into the right thorax. Surgical treatment of diseases of the upper abdominal cavity combined with a late diagnosed rupture of the diaphragm should be performed simultaneously by a transthoracic approach.