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Unusual delayed presentation of diaphragmatic hernia complicated by transverse colon and total small-bowel obstruction after postoperative chemotherapy of esophageal cancer

Diaphragmatic hernia (DH) is defined as the passage of abdominal contents into the chest cavity through a defect in the diaphragm. DH occurs after chest or abdominal surgery, and is very rare and sporadically reported in the literature. However, the complications are significant and put the patient...

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Autores principales: Sun, Yanlai, Yin, Lei, Xue, Hongfan, Wang, Haipeng, Li, Zengjun, Yu, Jinming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652754
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S135677