Diaphragmatic rupture resulting from gastrointestinal barotrauma in a scuba diver
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Diaphragmatic rupture resulting from gastrointestinal barotrauma in a scuba diver.
A fit young man sustained a ruptured diaphragm during a recreational scuba dive three months after undergoing an uncomplicated laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. It is proposed that this rare occurrence was attributable to gastrointestinal barotrauma. The injury was treated by laparotomy, mobilisation of herniated abdominal viscera back into the abdomen, r...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.32.1.75