Bowel obstruction due to diaphragmatic injury after penetrating thoracic trauma
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Bowel obstruction due to diaphragmatic injury after penetrating thoracic trauma.
Diaphragmatic injuries due to penetrating traumas to the thorax progress insidiously. Proper diagnosis might only be performed after months. Delayed diagnosis increases morbidity and mortality. Herein, we present a case of diaphragm injury due to penetrating thoracic trauma that was diagnosed 2 years later. The case was referred to emergency service with bowel obstruction symptoms and after the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1300-0705,1308-8521
DOI: 10.5152/ucd.2013.32