ALLMedicine™ Diaphragmatic Injuries Center

Dec 18th, 2020 - We present the case of a young patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen initially treated with laparotomy and repair of small bowel, splenic vein and diaphragmatic injuries. Subsequent CT performed for hemodynamic instability demonstra...

Jul 6th, 2020 - Diaphragmatic Injuries (DIs) remain a challenging diagnosis with potential catastrophic delayed complications. A high degree of suspicion in every case of severe blunt thoracoabdominal trauma or penetrating thoracoabdominal injury is essential. Th...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Background: The diagnosis of occult penetrating diaphragmatic trauma remains challenging, with conventional imaging offering inadequate accuracy for diagnosis. Minimally invasive surgical options for evaluating the diaphragm conventionally require...

May 26th, 2020 - Practice Essentials Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively rare and result from either blunt trauma or penetrating trauma. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  The most frequent cause of paralysis of the diaphragm is birth trauma or a postoperative complication as a r...

Apr 30th, 2020 - Practice Essentials Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively rare and result from either blunt trauma or penetrating trauma. Diagnosis and treatment are similar regardless of mechanism, although many management issues are specific to blunt trauma. [1...

Apr 3rd, 2018 - Traumatic diaphragm injuries (TDI) pose both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in both the acute and chronic phases. There are no published practice management guidelines to date for TDI. We aim to formulate a practice management guideline for...

Dec 18th, 2020 - We present the case of a young patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen initially treated with laparotomy and repair of small bowel, splenic vein and diaphragmatic injuries. Subsequent CT performed for hemodynamic instability demonstra...

Jul 6th, 2020 - Diaphragmatic Injuries (DIs) remain a challenging diagnosis with potential catastrophic delayed complications. A high degree of suspicion in every case of severe blunt thoracoabdominal trauma or penetrating thoracoabdominal injury is essential. Th...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Background: The diagnosis of occult penetrating diaphragmatic trauma remains challenging, with conventional imaging offering inadequate accuracy for diagnosis. Minimally invasive surgical options for evaluating the diaphragm conventionally require...

May 26th, 2020 - Practice Essentials Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively rare and result from either blunt trauma or penetrating trauma. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  The most frequent cause of paralysis of the diaphragm is birth trauma or a postoperative complication as a r...

Apr 30th, 2020 - Practice Essentials Diaphragmatic injuries are relatively rare and result from either blunt trauma or penetrating trauma. Diagnosis and treatment are similar regardless of mechanism, although many management issues are specific to blunt trauma. [1...