Case Report: Diagnostic pitfalls and laparoscopic repair of a delayed large right-sided traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
Background Delayed right-sided traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (TDH) may be overlooked during polytrauma assessment because concomitant injuries dominate attention and the liver can obscure diaphragmatic discontinuity. Subsequent respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms may remain nonspecific until obstruction or visce...
Meng-Ping Duan, Yan Qiao, Zhou-Bin Duan et al.
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