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Patch reconstruction of hemidiaphragm agenesis by the polypropylene mesh prosthesis
M Glavas1, I Drazinić, D Pikot
1Department of Surgery, General Hospital Pula, Zagrebacka 34, 52100 Pula, Croatia.
Croatian Medical Journal
|August 30, 2000
Abstract:
We present a case of a middle-aged woman with right hemidiaphragm agenesis, which became evident after a blunt injury. Ultrasound, X-ray, and computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis, and the diaphragmatic congenital defect was closed by insertion of a polypropylene mesh prosthesis.