Blunt traumatic diaphragmatic rupture

• Autores principales: Antonio Carlos Nogueira (Autor), Munir Bazzi (Autor), Francisco Garcia Soriano (Autor), Haydée Jordão (Autor), Sueli Vieira Lopes (Autor), Sebastião Pontes (Autor), Ana Carolina Makino Antunes (Autor), João Augusto dos Santos Martines (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: University of São Paulo, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
• Acceso en línea: Connect to this object online.

Traumatic injury of the diaphragm ranges from 0.6 to 1.2% and rise up to 5% among patients who were victims of blunt trauma and underwent laparotomy. Clinical suspicion associated with radiological assessment contributes to early diagnosis. Isolated diaphragmatic injury has a good prognosis. General...