[Recent injuries to the left diaphragm: value of laparoscopy in Africa and Europe]
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Laparoscopic Left Liver Sectoriectomy of Caroli's Disease Limited to Segment II and III
Published on: February 27, 2009
P H Savoie1, P M Bonnet, J P Avaro
1Service de chirurgie viscéale et urologique, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Laveran, Marseille. phsavoie@hotmail.fr
Medecine Tropicale : Revue Du Corps De Sante Colonial
|December 17, 2008
Abstract:
Management of recent diaphragm injury is challenging. The purpose of this report is to describe two patients who presented injuries to the left diaphrgmatic cupola, i.e., rupture due to blunt trauma in Europe and a stab wound in Africa. The value of laparoscopy for diagnosis and treatment are discussed in these contrasting settings.

