Open AccessExperience with acute diaphragmatic trauma and multiple rib fractures using routine thoracoscopy
Author(s) -
Lauren 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.