Treating traumatic injuries of the diaphragm

Traumatic diaphragmatic injury (DI) is a unique clinical entity that is usually occult and can easily be missed. Their delayed presentation can be due to the delayed rupture of the diaphragm or delayed detection of diaphragmatic rupture, making the accurate diagnosis of DI challenging to the trauma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dwivedi, Sankalp, Banode, Pankaj, Gharde, Pankaj, Bhatt, Manisha, Ratanlal Johrapurkar, Sudhakar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Practice Primers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2884449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606795
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.62122
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Sumario:Traumatic diaphragmatic injury (DI) is a unique clinical entity that is usually occult and can easily be missed. Their delayed presentation can be due to the delayed rupture of the diaphragm or delayed detection of diaphragmatic rupture, making the accurate diagnosis of DI challenging to the trauma surgeons. An emergency laparotomy and thorough exploration followed by the repair of the defect is the gold standard for the management of these cases. We report a case of blunt DI in an elderly gentleman and present a comprehensive overview for the management of traumatic injuries of the diaphragm.

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