Hernández TI, Navas IJ, Rodríguez DR

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 90-92
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ABSTRACT

Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia is a rare entity that occurs only in 0.3 to 1, 6% of all abdominal trauma, being blunt or penetrating. It is sometimes lately diagnosed. The case of a 35 years old male patient with a history of 5 cm stab wound in the lower back of the left hemithorax 5 years before admission is presented. He attended medical care for colic abdominal pain and signs of intestinal obstruction without previous abdominal surgical history. The patient underwent surgery and a left diaphragmatic hernia in left complicated location was found. The patient presented a favorable outcome.

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