Delayed presentation of post-traumatic diaphragm rupture repaired by laparoscopy
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Delayed presentation of traumatic rupture of the diaphragm.
Diaphragmatic injuries occur frequently after penetrating rather than blunt trauma and account for 8% of all organ injuries from penetrating trauma. Motor vehicle accidents account for approximately 50% of blunt injuries, followed in frequency by falls from height. The mechanism of injury in these accidents is that the body quickly decelerates while the organs continue to move downward or forwa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007372