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Strangulated Tension Viscerothorax with Gangrene of the Stomach in Missed Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture

Acquired diaphragmatic hernias are usually posttraumatic in occurrence. In patients who have blunt trauma and associated diaphragmatic hernia, the diagnosis may be missed or delayed, often leading to poor treatment outcomes. We present a rare occurrence of tension viscerothorax due to missed traumat...

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Autores principales: Onakpoya, Uvie, Ogunrombi, Akinwumi, Adenekan, Anthony, Akerele, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22084758
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/458390