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Experience with acute diaphragmatic trauma and multiple rib fractures using routine thoracoscopy

Author(s) -

Ledford Powell,

Jacob Chai,

Aaliyah Shaikh,

Almaas Shaikh

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.72

Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragmatic breathing , occult , thoracoscopy , blunt , diaphragmatic rupture , surgery , diaphragm (acoustics) , blunt trauma , diaphragmatic hernia , radiography , radiology , hernia , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , acoustics , loudspeaker

Diaphragmatic injury is mostly caused by blunt or penetrating traumas. It is an uncommon diagnosis and therefore carries the risk of being misdiagnosed or delayed in diagnosis. In our institution, we perform routine thoracoscopy for the management of patients with traumatic rib fractures. We have noted several cases of occult diaphragmatic injuries and hypothesize that these injuries may be more of a penetrating injury from rib fractures as opposed to the high velocity blunt trauma typically associated with diaphragmatic injuries.

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