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TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE DIAPHRAGM REPORT OF TWO CASES
Author(s) -
Hardy K. J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1965.tb04385.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchopneumonia , diaphragm (acoustics) , fat embolism , surgery , pulmonary embolism , pediatrics , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
S ummary 1. Two patients with rupture of the diaphragm due to non‐penetrating trauma have beendescribed. 2. In the first patient there was displacement of the liver in toto into the chest, the problem being complicated by fat embolism. 3. The second patient developed a delayed rupture of the left hemidiaphragm with the complications of renal failure, delirium tremens and severe bronchopneumonia. Both patients suffered fractures of the tibia and fibula.