Rupture of the right hemidiaphragm due to blunt trauma in children: A diagnostic dilemma

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 173-174

  Sharma, A K ^a,b   Kothari, Sunil Kumar ^a   Gupta, Chavi ^a   Menon, Prema ^a   Sharma, Akshay ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Gangwal Park   (India)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Right diaphragmatic rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036523673     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100686     Document Type: Article

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