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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: delayed presentation following a SCUBA dive.

Pei Yinn Toh, Simon Parys, Yuki Watanabe

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Delayed hepatothorax: An unusual presentation case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Pei Yinn TohDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia pei.toh@health.wa.gov.au.
Simon ParysDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Yuki WatanabeDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture (TDR) is a rare yet life-threatening occurrence that remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Delayed presentation with associated strangulation of the contents, although uncommon, requires emergent management. A 42-year-old woman presented with constant, severe left-sided shoulder and chest pain, as well as associated upper abdominal pain following a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) dive. A chest radiograph (CXR) and CT showed a left-sided diaphragmatic hernia containing stomach. She subsequently underwent a laparoscopic repair of the diaphragmatic defect and recovered well postoperatively.

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Abdominal PainAdultChest PainDiaphragmDivingFemaleHernia, Diaphragmatic, TraumaticHerniorrhaphyHumansLaparoscopyRuptureTomography, X-Ray Computedaccidentsgeneral surgeryinjuriesorthopaedic and trauma surgery

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PMID32907864
PMCPMC7481093

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