Mechanical Bowel Obstruction as a Late Presentation of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia

• Main Authors: Igor Hernández Toboso (Author), Jacinto Navas Igarza (Author), Rolando Rodríguez Delgado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a rare entity that occurs only in 0.3 to 1, 6% of all abdominal trauma, being blunt or penetrating. It is sometimes lately diagnosed. The case of a 35 years old male patient with a history of 5 cm stab wound in the lower back of the left hemithorax 5 years...