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Experimental investigation of the elasticity of the human diaphragm

BACKGROUND: Traumatic diaphragmatic ruptures affect mainly the left side. In an experimental study in human corpses we examined the stretch behaviour of the left and right diaphragmatic halves. METHODS: In a total of 8 male and 8 female corpses each diaphragmatic half was divided into 4 different se...

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Autores principales: Steinau, Gerhard, Hohl, Christian, Prescher, Andreas, Kaemmer, Daniel, Böhm, Gabriele
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20113514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-10-5