Blunt bilateral diaphragmatic rupture—A right side can be easily missed

Maria Michailidou; Narong Kulvatunyou; Bellal Joseph; Lynn Gries; Randall S. Friese; Donald Green; Terence O'Keeffe; Andrew L. Tang; Gary Vercruysse; Peter Rhee

Trauma Case Reports (Dec 2015)

Blunt bilateral diaphragmatic rupture—A right side can be easily missed

Maria Michailidou,
Narong Kulvatunyou,
Bellal Joseph,
Lynn Gries,
Randall S. Friese,
Donald Green,
Terence O'Keeffe,
Andrew L. Tang,
Gary Vercruysse,
Peter Rhee

Affiliations

Maria Michailidou: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Narong Kulvatunyou: Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 520 626 0889; fax: +1 520 626 5016.; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Bellal Joseph: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Lynn Gries: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Randall S. Friese: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Donald Green: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Terence O'Keeffe: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Andrew L. Tang: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Gary Vercruysse: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA
Peter Rhee: Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Room 5411, PO Box 245603, Tucson, AZ, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 9
pp. 84 – 87

Abstract

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Blunt diaphragmatic rupture (BDR) is uncommon with a reported incidence range of 1%–2%. The true incidence is not known. Bilateral BDR is particularly rare. We presented a case of bilateral BDR and we think that the incidence is under-recognised thanks to an easily missed and difficult to diagnose right sided injury. Keywords: Blunt, Diaphragm, Bilateral, Injury

Published in Trauma Case Reports

ISSN: 2352-6440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
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