Diaphragmatic rupture precipitated by intercostal chest tube drainage in a patient of blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma

Diaphragmatic rupture precipitated by intercostal chest tube drainage in a patient of blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma

Blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma in collision injuries in road traffic accident (RTA) occasionally results in diaphragmatic injury and rupture besides other serious multisystem injuries. These diaphragmatic injuries (DI) frequently go undetected specially when occur on the right side. DI associated wi...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar Mehrotra, Asif Feroz, Sachet Dawar, Prem Kumar, Anupam Singh, Trilok Kumar Khublani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma
diaphragmatic rupture
hemothorax
intercostal chest tube drainage
road traffic accident
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2016;volume=33;issue=1;spage=85;epage=87;aulast=Mehrotra

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