Blunt rupture of the right hemi-diaphragm with complete dislocation of the right hepatic lobe: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 850-852

  Wirbel, Reiner Josef ^a   Mutschler, Wolf ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Right hemidiaphramatic rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC, TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031877404     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050240     Document Type: Article

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