A case of a diaphragmatic rupture complicated with lacerations of stomach and spleen caused by a violent cough presenting with mediastinal shift

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 649-650

  Kara, Eray ^a,b   Kaya, Y ^a   Zeybek, R ^a   Coskun, T ^a   Yavuz, C ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic rupture; Mesh repair; Surgery; Visceral injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LACERATION; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; SPLEEN INJURY; STOMACH INJURY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 10344235190     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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