INTRODUCTION Diaphragmatic hernia secondary to traumatic rupture is a rare entity which can occur after stab wound injuries or blunt abdominal traumas. We aimed to report successfully management of dual mesh repair for a large diaphragmatic defect. CASE REPORT A 66-year-old male was admitted with a right sided diaphragmatic hernia which occurred ten years ago due to a traffic accident. He had...

Traumatic diaphragm hernia can occur in rare cases and generally accompanies thoracic or abdominal injuries. When suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, a small force can develop into vertebral fracture and an adjacent structural injury, and lead to diaphragm hernia without accompanying concomitant thoracoabdominal injury. A high level of suspicion may be a most reliable diagnostic tool in the ...

Diaphragmatic rupture during labor is uncommon and generally occurs in patients with a history of congenital diaphragmatic hernia or traumatic abdominal or chest injury. We present a case of a 41-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and hypoventilation four days after a full-term home delivery. Chest radiography suggested the presence of a ruptured diaphragm, and laparotom...

Bisiklet kullanımı çocuklar için eğlenceli ve özgürlük hissi yaratan bir araç olduğu kadar, yaşamı tehdit eden kazaların nedeni de olabilir. Bu yazıda bisiklet gidon yaralanması ile acil servise başvuran olgu sunulacaktır.
 Bisikletten düşme öyküsü getirilen 11 yaşında erkek çocuğun muayenesinde, sağ alt kadranda şişlik batın derisinde ucuna ait vurma izi saptandı. Tomografi duvarı hasarın...

The patient was an emergency transported, 57-year-old man complaining of left thoraco-lateroabdominal pain, with a history of blunt chest trauma 3 months prior. Thoracoabdominal computed tomography (CT) resulted in a diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia with incarceration and perforation of the stomach, and same-day emergency surgery was performed. The surgery was performed via an abdominal approa...

Diaphragmatic rupture following blunt or penetrating thoraco-abdominal trauma is frequently missed. It presents years later with herniation of abdominal viscera. Surgical treatment should be sought for when diagnosed. A 56 year old female presented to emergency with traumatic right diaphragmatic hernia, road traffic accident 8 years ago when she sustained multiple rib fractures on the right sid...

Atypical hernias encompass the categories of flank, lumbar, spigelian, suprapubic and subxiphoid among other rarer variants. These are considered to be tribulation in terms their diagnosis management, that they proximity bone, which makes defect delineation, adequate mesh overlap, fixation very challenging. Here, we would like highlight a selection our institutional experience with such managem...

Diaphragmatic hernia is usually congenital. However, it is rarely traumatic and can stay asymptomatic. In this report, we aimed to present the anaesthetic management of a patient with diaphragmatic hernia due to previous trauma (14 years ago), which was diagnosed incidentally during surgery for rectal cancer. The patient (53 years, 56 kg, 165 cm, American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) II),...

Introduction. Inguinal hernias are very common in men. A clinical exam can do the diagnosis easily. But bowel perforation inside an inguinal hernia caused by a directly blunt trauma is rare and can have important consequences. Up to now, there have been a few case reports that described blunt injury to the inguinal area causing traumatic perforation of the bowel in the inguinal hernia. Case Rep...