Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture
Diagnosis certain
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This patient was in respiratory distress and was taken to theatre urgently for a laparotomy. At laparotomy, there was found to be a a 20 cm laceration in the left hemidiaphragm was identified. The fundus of the stomach and the spleen were reduced back into the abdominal cavity. The diaphragmatic tear was repaired primarily.
-<p>This patient was in respiratory distress and was taken to theatre urgently for a laparotomy. At laparotomy, there was found to be a 20 cm laceration in the left hemidiaphragm. The fundus of the stomach and the spleen were reduced back into the abdominal cavity. The diaphragmatic tear was repaired primarily.</p>- +<p>This patient was in respiratory distress and was taken to theatre urgently for a laparotomy. At laparotomy, a 20 cm laceration in the left hemidiaphragm was identified. The fundus of the stomach and the spleen were reduced back into the abdominal cavity. The diaphragmatic tear was repaired primarily.</p>
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