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Bilateral diaphragmatic rupture due to blunt trauma--a rare injury
The Journal of Trauma
|April 1, 1978
Abstract:
A young male patient with bilateral rupture of the diaphragm due to blunt trauma is presented. A separate tear occurred in each hemidiaphragm but recognition and repair of the right side was delayed. After healing of other injuries successful operation was performed 55 days postinjury by a transthoracic approach.