Contralateral diaphragmatic injury sustained from transhumeral amputation: an unusual case and brief literature review

Right-sided diaphragmatic injury is an uncommon sequelae from blunt trauma and may be associated with other severe thoracoabdominal injuries. This injury can be easily missed on initial assessment and a high index of suspicion and clinical judgment is required. Recently, we treated a 25-year-old mal...

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Autores principales: Marcucci, Vincent, Campbell, Stuart, Ihionkhan, Emmanuel, Shah, Ajul, Bauer, Thomas, Pratt, Abimbola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9341304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac346
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Sumario:Right-sided diaphragmatic injury is an uncommon sequelae from blunt trauma and may be associated with other severe thoracoabdominal injuries. This injury can be easily missed on initial assessment and a high index of suspicion and clinical judgment is required. Recently, we treated a 25-year-old male inflicted with a right-sided diaphragmatic injury after a left-sided transhumeral amputation sustained from an overturned motor vehicle collision with thoracoscopic exploration and reapproximation.

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