Thoracotomy for Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia
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Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia.
Rupture of the diaphragm and herniation of the abdominal viscera into the chest are wellrecognized results of crushing or penetrating injuries. Gordon Bryan's study (1921) of both types of injury is a surgical classic. The second world war rekindled interest in traumatic diaphragmatic hernia, and several important papers dealt with those due to penetrating injury (Edwards, 1943; Mackey and Bing...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0972-2068,0973-9793
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-016-1484-z