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...

BACKGROUND Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias (TDHs) are sometimes difficult to identify at an early stage and can consequently result in diagnostic delays with life-threatening outcomes. It is the aim of this case study to highlight the difficulties encountered with the earlier detection of traumatic diaphragmatic hernias. METHODS Clinical data of patients who received treatment for delayed tra...

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Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernias(PDH) are possible complications of blunt and penetrating thoracic or abdominal trauma. These hernias may be diagnosed at the time of the initial trauma, but are sometimes recognized only after several months or years during examinations for their related symptoms. We here present the case of a patient in which diagnosis was obtained only after 7 years from t...

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 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...