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Laparoscopic Anatomical Right Hemihepatectomy via the In Situ Anterior Approach
Published on: August 8, 2025
Delayed enterothorax and hepatothorax due to missed right-sided traumatic diaphragmatic rupture
Ali Guner1, Yildiray Bekar, Can Kece
1Department of General Surgery, Trabzon Numune Training and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey. draliguner@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Traumatic diaphragma ruptures (DRs) are an unusual condition after blunt thoracoabdominal trauma, and there are some difficulties in the diagnosis, in the absence of the additional life-threatening injuries. Right-sided injuries are less frequent than left-sided injuries and may be missed easily. Intrathoracic herniation of abdominal organs is an uncommon condition for right-sided DR. Particularly, to our knowledge, progressive hepatothorax and enterothorax that develop over years are a very rare presentation of DR. Herein, we present a case of progressive thoracic herniation of the abdominal organs, diagnosed 22 years after the initial trauma.
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